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Improvements in electro-optical instruments operable in body ducts, such as catheters, endoscopes, laparascopes and free travelling capsules adapted to pass through the body ducts. Methods for using same to detect and treat diseases such as cancer cells and body tissue. Medical materials, such as dr

Improvements in electro-optical instruments operable in body ducts, such as catheters, endoscopes, laparascopes and free travelling capsules adapted to pass through the body ducts. Methods for using same to detect and treat diseases such as cancer cells and body tissue. Medical materials, such as drug compounds usable with such instruments, are provided for detecting, marking and treating diseases such as cancer and preventing the spread of cancer. An instrument is provided which is capable of detecting a malady, such as a tumor, cancer,lesion, ulcer or other type of wound in a body duct of a living being which instrument may also be automatically operated to treat such a malady, such as by performing a surgical operation thereon.

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[ What is claimed is:] [5.] An instrument for applying medication to a select location within a body cavity, comprising:a housing containing a supply of a fluent medical material operable to treat disease defining matter when applied thereto wherein said housing is mounted on a tubular support;optic

[ What is claimed is:] [5.] An instrument for applying medication to a select location within a body cavity, comprising:a housing containing a supply of a fluent medical material operable to treat disease defining matter when applied thereto wherein said housing is mounted on a tubular support;optical means enabling said housing to be guided within the body cavity to dispose said housing at a select location therein;a motor operated arm projecting outwardly from said housing so as to frictionally retain said housing at a select location within said body cavity;means for ejecting a select quantity of said medical material from said housing at a select location;an optical fiber within said tubular support for transmitting optical images from the location in which said instrument is disposed; and,a video imaging means for generating video signals from images transmitted by said optical fiber and a computer programmed to effect automatic image analysis of the video signals to locate lesions within said body cavity.