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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Mitchell D. Barneck, Orlando, FL (US);
Nathaniel L. R. Rhodes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James P. Allen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Curtis D. Long, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Mitchell D. Barneck, Orlando, FL (US);
Nathaniel L. R. Rhodes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James P. Allen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Curtis D. Long, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
LIGHT LINE MEDICAL, INC., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide therapeutic electromagnetic radiation (EMR) for inactivating infectious agents in, on or around a catheter residing in a patient's body cavity and/or for enhancing healthy cell growth. The method comprises transmitting non-ultraviolet therapeutic EMR substantially axially along an optical element in a lumen of the catheter body and/or the catheter body. Through delivery of the therapeutic EMR to particular infected areas and/or areas requiring tissue healing. The methods and apparatus of the present disclosure inactivate the major sources of infection in, on, and around catheters and/or enhance healthy cell growth around catheters.