Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1998-08-25
1999-10-12
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 7, A61B 1736
Patent
active
059647515
ABSTRACT:
A light delivery system for use in irradiating vascular tissue includes a balloon catheter with a working lumen for receiving an optical fiber therein and an inflation/flushing lumen adapted to receive a liquid at a proximal end and leading to a space defined within the balloon member attached to a distal end of the catheter. The balloon member has a pattern of holes or pores in the wall thereof through which the saline may flow when the balloon is inflated, causing any blood or other absorbing substances that may interfere with good radiant energy transmission to be flushed away from the treatment site.
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Amplatz Curtis A.
Kasinkas Michael
Porter Christopher H.
Rydell Mark A.
Ziebol Robert J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Harris Sonya C
Illumenex Corporation
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