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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Immunolight, Llc., Detroit, MI (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);
Harold Walder, Oak Island, NC (US);
Zakaryae Fathi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael J. Therien, Durham, NC (US);
Mark W. Dewhirst, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ian N. Stanton, Durham, NC (US);
Jennifer Ann Ayres, Raleigh, NC (US);
Diane Renee Fels, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph A. Herbert, Richmond, VA (US);
IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC., Detroit, MI (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for light stimulation within a medium. The system has a reduced-voltage x-ray source configured to generate x-rays from a peak applied cathode voltage at or below 105 kVp, and a plurality of energy-emitting particles in the medium which, upon radiation from the x-ray source, radiate at a first lower energy than the x-ray source to interact with at least one photoactivatable agent in the medium. The method introduces the plurality of energy-emitting particles into the medium, radiates the energy-emitting particles in the medium with x-rays generated from a peak applied cathode voltage at or below 105 kVp; and emits a lower energy than the x-ray source to interact with the medium or with at least one photoactivatable agent in the medium.