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| November 18, 2002 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jennifer Beauprez

Nov. 18--Larry Blankenship and his three colleagues at CardioOptics Inc. pulled all-nighters trying to build a device that, for the first time, could let heart surgeons see through blood during operations.

They even went without paychecks for a year while stumping for venture capital money and traveling the country to win the backing of the nation's best surgeons.

They got both. Now comes the hard part: using $4.5 million in financing, CardioOptics must turn the dream into reality.

If the firm is successful with upcoming animal and clinical trials, surgeons could be using the device by mid-2003 to treat a range of heart conditions, said Blankenship, the company's chief executive.

"I feel like someone who has been…

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