IMAGING OF TISSUE USING POLARIZED LIGHT - Patent 1153280

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EP 1 153 280 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.11.2000

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/46

(21)	Application number: 00904542.8

(22)	Date of filing: 25.01.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01N 21/21, G01N 21/49

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0001/764

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0043/750 (27.07.2000 Gazette 2000/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

25.01.1999 US 117221 P

(71)	Applicant: Newton Laboratories, Inc.
	Woburn, MA 01801 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	FULGHUM, Stephen, F. Marblehead, MA 01945-1250 (US)

(74)	Representative: Greenwood, John David et al
	Graham Watt & Co.Riverhead SevenoaksKent TN13 2BN SevenoaksKent TN13 2BN (GB)

(54)	IMAGING OF TISSUE USING POLARIZED LIGHT