OPTICAL MICROPROBES AND METHODS FOR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS - Patent 0842412

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EP 0 842 412 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/21

(21)	Application number: 96926237.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.08.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 21/ 64^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 00^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 1455^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 47^{( . )}

A61B 1/ 00^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 145^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 27^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/012651

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/005473 (13.02.1997 Gazette 1997/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB LI

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Priority:

01.08.1995 US 19950510043
01.08.1995 US 19950510041

(71)	Applicant: Medispectra Inc.
	Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MODELL, Mark Brookline, MA 02146 (US) DeBARYSHE, Gregory Lincoln, MA 01773 (US) HED, A. Ze'ev Nashua, NH 03062 (US)

(74)	Representative: von Fischern, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing., et al
	Hoffmann - Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

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