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7572284 |
Method for automated localization of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract for treatment using laser light from an endorobot
A method is for automated localization of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract using laser light from an endorobot. The method includes recording of surface images of the gastrointestinal tract...
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7559925 |
Methods and devices for facilitating visualization in a surgical environment
Devices and methods for visually confirming the positioning of a distal end portion of an illuminating device placed within a patient include inserting a distal end portion of an illuminating...
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7544204 |
Control of halitosis-generating and other microorganisms in the non-dental upper respiratory tract
Disclosed are safe, simple and effective broad-spectrum treatments for halitosis and other microbial infections of the nondental upper respiratory tract useful to treat bacterial and other...
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7465313 |
Red light implant for treating degenerative disc disease
Red light-emitting implants for treating degenerative disc disease.
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7359601 |
Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site
A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant...
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7288108 |
Red light implant for treating Parkinson's disease
This invention relates to an implantable device that delivers an effective amounts of red light to the substantia nigra as a treatment for Parkinson's Disease (PD).
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7261730 |
Phototherapy device and system
Physically flexible radiation-emitting probes and associated illumination methods and systems for delivering radiation or light to the interior of a lumen or cavity. Light-emitting devices are...
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7226470 |
Phototherapeutical apparatus and method for the treatment and prevention of diseases of body cavities
A phototherapeutical apparatus and method are described. The apparatus includes an ultraviolet light source, an optical guidance system, and a patient interface. The patient interface is insertable...
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6986782 |
Ambulatory photodynamic therapy
Methods for delivering light to a treatment site of a patient to administer a light therapy thereto are provided. A method includes steps of providing a portable power source, and a light source...
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6887261 |
System and method for thermally and chemically treating cells at sites of interest in the body to impede cell proliferation
A system and method for treating cells of a site in the body, such as at a lens capsule or choroid of an eye. The system and method employs an energy emitting device, and a positioning device,...
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6783541 |
Methods for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis of arteriovenous access fistulas and grafts
A method for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis associated with an arteriovenous access. A dosage of photosensitive compound is introduced into the artery or vein. An anastomotic area of the artery...
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6764501 |
Apparatus and method for treating atherosclerotic vascular disease through light sterilization
Atherosclerotic vascular disease is treated by exposing the interior of an artery or vein to visible or ultraviolet light of a selected spectrum to thereby sterilize the artery, eradicating...
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6740107 |
Device for treatment of atrioventricular valve regurgitation
A catheter device suitable for shrinking chordae tendineae of the human heart is provided having an energy conduit and a positioning device that facilitates the delivery of thermal energy,...
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6719778 |
Methods for treatment of aneurysms
Fibrosis, in at least one layer of a vessel wall, can be used to strengthen a vessel wall. Fibrosis can be induced by irradiating a vessel wall with an energy source, or by inducing injury to the...
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6616653 |
Method and apparatus for coagulation of superficial blood vessels in bladder and proximal urethra
An apparatus and method of use are disclosed to treat and/or diagnose urological disorders. The non-implantable device includes a light source housed within a light source segment. The light source...
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6607526 |
Laser irradiation apparatus
A laser irradiation apparatus comprising: a long and slender main body 101 ; an optical fiber 107 , which is placed inside the main body 101 and which is equipped with a proximal end through...
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6599287 |
Medical energy irradiation apparatus
An energy irradiation apparatus for medical treatment of tissues through irradiation of energy including a long main unit, an emitting part, a power transmission member, a drive mechanism, a first...
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6596017 |
Device for heat treatment of body tissue
Transurethral catheter ( 10 ) for the heat treatment of body tissue surrounding the catheter, including an elongated light carrier ( 11 ). A light receiving and light distributing elongated light...
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6576000 |
Devices and methods for tissue repair
Disclosed herein catheters, assemblies comprising a single-lumen catheter having one or more sources of electro-magnetic radiation disposed within the wall of said catheter. Methods of using these...
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6520981 |
Significance of dosimetry in photodynamic therapy of injured arteries
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), the light activation of methylene blue or benzoporphyrin derivatives to produce free-radicals, was shown in vivo to inhibit intimal hyperplasia (IH) and restenosis. The...
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6454763 |
Laser surgical handpiece with photon trap
A laser surgical device for removal of intraocular tissue including a handpiece and a tip. The handpiece has a sleeve that creates a passage way for irrigation fluid. An optic fiber or similar...
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6409719 |
Light stint implant device for treatment of long term viral infection
A light stint implant device adapted to be surgically implanted in a major blood vessel for assisting in the treatment of long term viral infection, alone or in combination with anti-viral drugs,...
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6389313 |
Laser probes for drug permeation
The present invention provides an optical device/method for enhancing local administration of pharmaceutical compounds and/or collection of biomaterials. Such device/method is used for various...
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6364874 |
Device for irradiating internal cavities of the body
A device for the irradiation of internal cavities of the body includes a flexible catheter, made of a transparent material, containing a fiber optic of which the section at one end is designed to...
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6352549 |
Medical device for applying high energy light and heat for gynecological sterilization procedures
A localized heat applying medical device is provided for applying heat to tissue adjacent a patient's tubal ostia in order to close the patient's fallopian tubes and sterilize the patient....
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6273904 |
Polymer battery for internal light device
Several different embodiments of a flexible polymer battery are disclosed in connection with providing a medical therapy. For example, the electrical current from the polymer battery may be used to...
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6264608 |
Acoustic therapy apparatus comprising a source of therapeutic acoustic waves and an ultrasound locating means
An acoustic therapy apparatus has a source of therapeutic acoustic waves and an ultrasound locating means with an ultrasound transducer, wherein the source and the ultrasound transducer are...
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6238426 |
Real-time monitoring of photodynamic therapy over an extended time
Progress of photodynamic therapy (PDT) administered over an extended period of time is monitored using an ultrasonic probe, which produces ultrasound images of an internal treatment site in real...
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6219584 |
Method and system for determining an effective amount of light energy to delivery to fluids having targets for the light energy
Systems and methods for determining an effective amount of light energy to deliver to fluids, particularly fluids having target and non-target materials. The systems and methods specifically relate...
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6200332 |
Device and method for underskin laser treatments
A device and method for underskin laser treatment that is minimally invasive, versatile and precise, that allows for underskin laser treatment with only minimal insertions into the area of...
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6159236 |
Expandable treatment device for photodynamic therapy and method of using same
The invention relates to a medical device including a tube and expandable member and one or more light sources disposed in an elongated member disposed in the tube. The light sources emit energy...
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6156028 |
Method and apparatus for therapeutic laser treatment of wounds
A laser insole having one or many vertical cavity surface emitting lasers embedded therein may be worn by a patient and applied to an area of the foot. The device supplies the patient with a...
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6152951 |
Method of treating cancer
There is provided a method of treating cancer. According to such a method, the affected tissue is irradiated effectively with activation light thereby obtaining an effect of the light treatment....
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6143018 |
Method and device for thermally obliterating biological tissue
A process is disclosed for thermally obliterating biological tissues by laser radiation introduced into the tissue by means of an optical waveguide. The laser radiation is scattered by means...
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6113566 |
Ultraviolet blood irradiation method and apparatus
Ultraviolet (UV) blood irradiation apparatus for the in vitro irradiation of blood wherein an irradiation station receives blood and irradiates blood passing through the station and a substantially...
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6096030 |
Light delivery catheter and PDT treatment method
A light delivery catheter (2), for use in PDT treatments, includes a hollow sheath (4) with a balloon (24) at its distal end. Target tissue (33) at a target site on a hollow body organ, such as a...
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6086558 |
Balloon catheter for photodynamic therapy
The present invention provides improved balloon catheter apparatuses for use in therapies requiring delivery of uniform light to a treatment area. The improved apparatus comprises a balloon having...
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6048359 |
Spatial orientation and light sources and method of using same for medical diagnosis and photodynamic therapy
A medical apparatus including implantable elongate probes for emitting diffused light energy within the interior of a tissue body to provide a uniform light dosage to the tissue body. In one...
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6042603 |
Method for improved selectivity in photo-activation of molecular agents
An apparatus for the treatment of a particular volume of plant or animal tissue by treating the plant or animal tissue with at least one photo-active molecular agent, wherein the particular volume...
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5997571 |
Non-occluding phototherapy probe stabilizers
Phototherapeutic instruments are disclosed for providing substantially uniform energy distribution to a major portion of an area exposed during phototherapy. These instruments include an element...
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5997570 |
Method for introducing a curable stent using catheter with light conductor
A method is disclosed for introducing a stent inside the body of a patient. The stent is made of a material that cures due to the action of light. A catheter having an inflatable balloon adjacent...
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5997569 |
Flexible and adjustable grid for medical therapy
Flexible probes are arranged to achieve a desired light distribution pattern for administering light therapy at a treatment site in a patient's body. The flexible probes (20, 20', 92) each include...
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5976175 |
Fiber optic laser conducting probe for photodynamic therapy
A fiber optic laser conducting probe is used for photodynamic therapy. In this fiber optic laser conducting probe, an optical fiber has an end used for conducting a pulse laser beam. The laser beam...
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5957960 |
Internal two photon excitation device for delivery of PDT to diffuse abnormal cells
A plurality of light sources that emit light having a long wavelength are energized for an extended period of time to increase the likelihood of two photon absorption by cells that have...
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5913884 |
Inhibition of fibrosis by photodynamic therapy
Disclosed is a method for modulating wound healing in a mammal. The method includes the steps of: (a) administering a photosensitizer to a mammal that has an unhealed or partially-healed wound; (b)...
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5893828 |
Contact laser surgical endoscope and associated myringotomy procedure
In a myringotomy, a selected amount of tympanic membrane tissues are removed from a patient by the application of laser energy to vaporize the tissues. An endoscope is inserted into the ear canal...
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5891082 |
Ballon catheter with light-conductive basic body
The invention relates to a catheter comprising a tube-like basic catheter body with a distal and a proximal end, and a balloon member arranged at the distal end. The basic catheter body has been...
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5876426 |
System and method of providing a blood-free interface for intravascular light delivery
A system and method of providing a blood-free interface for intravascular light delivery is disclosed. The method includes the steps of inserting a balloon catheter into the vasculature of a...
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5871521 |
Laser probe for medical treatment
A medical laser probe to be used as a laser irradiation unit in laser treatment that is performed by irradiating a living body with laser light. The laser probe irradiates laser light uniformly,...
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5865840 |
Enhancement of light activation effect by immune augmentation
The efficacy of a plurality of PDT treatments following at least an initial PDT treatment is enhanced by increasing the neutrophil count of the patient substantially above a normal level. The...
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