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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hariklia Deligianni, Alpine, NJ (US);
Ko-Tao Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ning Li, White Plains, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01); H01L 25/075 (2006.01); H01L 33/00 (2010.01); H01L 33/30 (2010.01); H01L 33/32 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); H01L 25/0753 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0612 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01); H01L 33/0012 (2013.01); H01L 33/0025 (2013.01); H01L 33/30 (2013.01); H01L 33/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Probes include a probe body configured to penetrate biological tissue. High-efficiency light sources are positioned within the probe body. Each high-efficiency light source has a sufficiently intense light output to trigger a light-sensitive reaction in neighboring tissues and has a sufficiently low power output such that a combined heat output of multiple light sources does cause a disruptive temperature increase in the neighboring tissues.