Patent ID: 8364222

Claim:
An imaging apparatus for imaging the vasculature of an organ or tissue and mapping the blood oximetry across the vasculature, the apparatus comprising: a light source for illuminating the organ or tissue; a lens mounted within a housing to collect light from the illuminated organ or tissue; a first optical filter to separate green wavelengths from the light; a second optical filter to separate red wavelengths in the light from infrared wavelengths in the light, or to separate red wavelengths in the light from blue wavelengths in the light; and image capturing devices to image each of the green wavelengths, the red wavelengths and the infrared wavelengths of the collected light, or to image each of the green wavelengths, the red wavelengths and the blue wavelengths of the collected light, wherein the apparatus allows the blood oximetry of the vasculature to be mapped.