A SURGICAL TOOL, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE CHARACTERISATION
Abstract
The invention relates to a surgical tool for coupling to a standard surgical instrument to provide that instrument with a capability to detect characteristics of subject tissues held in contact with at least one working surface of the instrument. The surgical tool comprises a housing for mounting in one or more apertures or cavities of the standard surgical instrument. The housing comprises an excitation source for exciting a subject tissue, a detector for detecting an emission from the subject tissue; and a signal transmission device which is communicatively coupled to the signal transmission device and operable to transmit in dependence on the emission detected by the detector, a signal to a signal processing device. The invention also relates to a surgical system comprising the tool, and a method of performing tissue visualisation and characterisation, optionally with the above-mentioned surgical tool.
Inventors 6
- Sven I. van Leeuwen Aachen author as filed: van Leeuwen, Sven
- Matthias N. van Oosterom Aachen author as filed: van Oosterom, Matthias
- Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen Aachen author as filed: van Leeuwen, Fijs
- Michael Boonekamp Aachen author as filed: Boonekamp, Michael
- Henk G. van der Poel Aachen author as filed: van der Poel, Henk
- Krijn H.M. Houwing Aachen author as filed: Houwing, Krijn
Inventors are linked to an Aachen author when surname and first name match exactly one author.
Applicants
- ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC) GBS Leiden
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