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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2017
Applicants:

Inserm (Institut National DE LA Sante ET DE LA Recherche Medicale), Paris, FR;

Universite DE Lille, Lille, FR;

Centre Hospitalier Regional ET Universitaire DE Lille (Chru), Lille, FR;

Inventors:

Maximilien Vermandel, Lille, FR;

Clement Dupont, Lille, FR;

Nicolas Reyns, Lille, FR;

Pascal Deleporte, Lille, FR;

Serge Mordon, Lille, FR;

Nacim Betrouni, Lille, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract

System () for treatment by photodynamic therapy comprising an illuminating member () which comprises: —a core () carrying a light emitting surface (), and —a hollow sheath () adapted to receive the core () with the light emitting surface () arranged within a balloon (), the balloon () comprising a wall () which has an inner surface delimiting an internal space, and an outer surface, the wall () being flexible, wherein the internal space of the balloon () has a variable capacity, the wall () of the balloon () being elastically extendible and the balloon () presenting a plurality of inflated states in each of which the internal space is filled with a volume of light diffusing solution, and wherein the system further comprises a support provided with a transfer function relating the volume of light diffusing solution of each inflated state with at least one of a corresponding distribution of light power at the outer surface of the wall () of the balloon () and a corresponding time of illumination for providing a determined dose of light energy.


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