Patent ID: 11937897
Assignee: AI BIOMED CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for distinguishing between different tissues during surgery, the system comprising:
an emitter configured to direct radiation at a pre-determined wavelength toward a region of a patient to illuminate and stimulate at least first and second tissues of the region of the patient;
an imager configured to collect radiation corresponding to the autofluorescence of the first and second tissues having wavelengths above a pre-determined wavelength threshold;
at least one processor for processing images from the imager, the at least one processor configured to distinguish between the radiation from the autofluorescence of the first tissue and the radiation from the autofluorescence of the second tissue based on autofluorescence intensity; and
an overlay device controlled by the at least one processor, the overlay device configured to visibly highlight, in the region of the patient, areas of the autofluorescence of the first tissue.