Patents by Inventor Robert Hans Ingemar Andtbacka

Robert Hans Ingemar Andtbacka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LIGHT-EMITTING DYE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING OR SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
    Publication number: 20120041305
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of fluorescent dyes as a system useful for surgery imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems, methods and kits for exciting fluorescent, phosphorescent or luminescent molecules with light from a light source and detecting the relative fluorescent, phosphorescent, or luminescent light intensity emitted from the fluorescent, phosphorescent, or luminescent molecule. Such systems may be applied as mapping agents for various surgical techniques, such as for cancer surgeries and biopsies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Charles B. Grissom, James M. McGreevy, Robert Hans Ingemar Andtbacka