A - Human Necessities – 61 – K
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
K
A61K 49/00 (2006.01) A61B 6/00 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2618443
Provided are methods and kits for reducing the risk of iatrogenic nerve injury during a surgical procedure of the head or neck Said methods comprise administering a fluorescent dye to the subject, exciting said fluorescent dye, mtra-operatively obtaining a fluorescent image of at least a portion of the head or neck of the subject and determining the presence or absence of a nerve or portion of a nerve in the fluorescent image obtained.
La présente invention concerne des procédés et des kits pour réduire le risque de lésions nerveuses iatrogéniques pendant une opération chirurgicale de la tête ou du cou. Lesdits procédés comprennent l~administration d~une teinture fluorescente au sujet, l~excitation de ladite teinture fluorescente, pour l~obtention peropératoire d~une image fluorescente d~au moins une partie de la tête ou du cou du sujet et la détermination de la présence ou de l~absence d~un nerf ou d~une partie d~un nerf dans l~image fluorescente obtenue.
Brzozowski Lukasz
Mangat Gurpreet
Heenan Blaikie Llp
Novadaq Technologies Inc.
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