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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
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;
Maximilien Vermandel, Lille, FR;
Clement Dupont, Lille, FR;
Nicolas Reyns, Lille, FR;
Pascal Deleporte, Lille, FR;
Serge Mordon, Lille, FR;
Nacim Betrouni, Lille, FR;
INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale), Paris, FR;
Université de Lille, Lille, FR;
Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU), Lille, FR;
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.