Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1995-04-04
1999-01-05
Nasser, Robert L.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
606 3, 250504R, A61N 500
Patent
active
058555951
ABSTRACT:
A tumor treatment apparatus is provided including a light source which emits a bundle of light including ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation and infrared radiation. Also provided are an infrared radiation filter which filters infrared radiation, a visible radiation filter which filters visible radiation, and an optical fiber which transmits a bundle of light transmitted through the infrared radiation filter and the visible radiation filter toward an affected part of a patient to be treated.
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Adachi Rensuke
Fujishima Akira
Hashimoto Kazuhito
Kakeda Teruyuki
Kubota Yoshinobu
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Fujishima Akira
Hashimoto Kazuhito
Kubota Yoshinobu
Nasser Robert L.
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