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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/08 (2006.01); A61L 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61L 17/08 (2013.01); A61L 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00508 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00619 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of closing an opening in a tissue comprises providing a light absorbing material, introducing the light absorbing material into a tissue opening, and irradiating the light absorbing material with at least one light source so as to increase a temperature of the light absorbing material, causing the tissue edges of the tissue opening adhere to the light absorbing material and/or to each other. A kit comprising a light absorbing material and a light emitting device is also described.