Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1998-04-01
2000-08-08
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
607 91, 606 13, 606 17, A61N 500
Patent
active
060995548
ABSTRACT:
A method for the delivery of laser light for therapeutic purposes, and, more specifically, for the treatment of buried tumors wherein multiple lasers are used to treat a deeply buried tumorous mass. In more particular, multiple lasers in a spatial array are used to simultaneous irradiate a tumor from a multiplicity of different directions. Tumors treated in this way are heated more homogeneously than those treated via conventional single-laser treatments. Additionally, a multiple source laser treatment scheme puts the enclosing normal tissue at lesser risk than it would be exposed to if the treatment were conducted using via a single laser source.
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Chen Wei R.
Nordquist Robert E.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Wound Healing of Oklahoma
Yarnell Bryan K.
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