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which position Buschmann concurs. Mannheimer contends that31
this interpretation is incorrect because it views Kapany's
Section 2 ("Hypodermic Probe") and Section 3 ("In Vivo
Spectrophotometry") in isolation rather than in combination
and that Kapany teaches using the hypodermic probes of Section
2 for in vivo spectrophotometric examination of tissue,
including oximetric analysis of tissue. In support of this32
interpretation, Mannheimer places particular emphasis on the
language we have underlined below in the quotations from
Kapany. Section 2, which spans pages 185-88 and
discusses techniques for obtaining images of tissue areas,
begins as follows:
2. Hypodermic Probe
Numerous ingenious approaches have been attempted
for the microscopic examination of living human tissue
under the skin without an incision. In an ideal
instrument for such applications, the optical system
should be capable of yielding resolution that approaches
the wavelength of light so that the tissues and cells may
be observed microscopically. The system should also be
capable of illuminating and transmitting images in the
ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the
spectrum. A fiber optics hypodermic probe has been
developed which is capable of fulfilling most of these
B.Br. 119.31
Opening Brief at 18-19.32
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