BACKGROUND
Modern surgical procedures such as laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery have the advantages of reduced incision size, less pain, and lower chance of contamination, resulting in countless lives being saved with fewer complications. However, these techniques create greater difficulty for the surgical team by creating poor depth perception and difficulties visualizing the edges and surfaces of tissues. This causes complications when identifying and removing tissues such as tumors, an application which needs to have a high degree of accuracy. There is a clear need for improvement on techniques and equipment to visualize internal anatomy for surgeons.
SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY
Researchers at OSU have developed novel laparoscopic device for two or higher dimensional rapid visualization of the superficial or subsurface tissue. The information visualized is relevant to tissue properties including but not limited to absorption, scattering, and fluorescence. The device forms the image by placing the probe in direct contact with the tissue. The information visualized is highly useful for assessing tissue functionalities including tumor margin and capsular integrity. This unique visualization system will improve surgical success by allowing for accurate visualization of tissues, reducing error and operating time.
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STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
This technology is currently a proof-of-concept.
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