Patent ID: 9217739
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,G01N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A probe device for use in a inspection of an excised tissue portion, the probe device comprising: a probe body carrying at least a tissue holder unit and a tissue characterization unit; the tissue holder unit having a surface for holding the excised tissue portion thereon such that the tissue is accessible by the tissue characterization unit; tissue characterization unit comprising one or more tissue characterization sensors arranged and configured for scanning at least a surface of the excised tissue portion when on said tissue holder unit, thereby providing sensing data indicative of at least one tissue property at measurement locations in the excised tissue portion being held by the tissue holder unit; a control unit at least partially incorporated in said probe body, the control unit comprising: a processor utility configured and operable for receiving and processing the sensing data and generating measured data indicative of a spatial profile of said at least one tissue property distribution within the surface or inside the excised tissue portion; and at least one of the following: