Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1997-12-31
2000-06-06
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
606 15, 606 17, A61B 1736
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
A low-profile, diffusive tip apparatus adapted for insertion into a body to deliver phototherapeutic radiation by scattering light in a substantially omnidirectional pattern includes a light-transmissive housing that is adapted for mounting, at its proximal end, onto a fiber optic cable, and, at its distal end, the housing defines or is joined to a light-transmissive cap having a diameter which is not substantially greater than the diameter of the optical fiber. The light transmissive cap region encloses a chamber or reservoir filled with an optically scattering medium and, preferably, hemispherical in shape with a radius of curvature substantially equal to the radius of the housing.
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Baxter Lincoln S.
Sinofsky Edward L.
CardioFocus, Inc.
Durkee Paul D.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Engellenner Thomas J.
Harris-Ogugua Sonya
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