Patent ID: 9681810
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A fluorescent image acquisition and projection apparatus, comprising: a plurality of light sources that generate light; a detection unit comprising a photodetection element and located at a center of the light sources and operable to acquire an invisible fluorescent image from a target object where a fluorescent agent has been injected into a region of the target object, wherein the light generated by the light sources is absorbed into the target object and the absorbed light is emitted from the region of the target object in the form of long-wavelength shifted fluorescence; wherein the detection unit detects the long-wavelength shifted fluorescence emitted from the region of the target object and acquires the invisible fluorescence image; a projector unit located at the center of the light sources and that is configured to project a visible fluorescent image directly onto the region of the target object where the long-wavelength shifted fluorescence of the target object has been generated such that the shape and the location of the region of the target object are observed and confirmed with the naked eye while observing the visible fluorescent image projected onto the region of the target object; a control device comprising a processor and a memory and operable to: an apparatus casing housing the light sources, the detection unit and the projector unit such that the light sources are located on a front thereof and the detection unit and the projector unit are located at the center of the light sources.