Cell-collecting falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection

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A falloposcope is described, and a method of screening a patient for fallopian tube and/or ovarian cancer with the falloposcope. The falloposcope can perform optical imaging, including fluorescence imaging and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT), and optionally include a channel for a sampling wire, within a diameter of about 0.7 millimeter. The method includes inserting the falloposcope through a lumen of vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tube so a tip of the falloposcope is in proximity to a first fallopian tube or ovary of the patient; providing fluorescence stimulus wavelength through an illumination fiber of the falloposcope while imaging light at fluorescence emission wavelength through a coherent fiber bundle to form fluorescence emissions images; and determining suspect tissue. Then the sampling wire is used to collect cells from the suspect tissue for karyotype and other analysis.

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ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONATHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TECH LAUNCH ARIZONA 220 WEST SIXTH STREET 4TH FLOOR TUCSON AS 85701

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Barton, Jennifer Tucson, US 3 19
Black, John Forbes Bainbridge Island, US 2 5
Keenan, Maureen Tucson, US 2 19
Tate, Tyler Tucson, US 3 20
Utzinger, Urs Tucson, US 12 748

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