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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Georges Wagnieres, Lutry, CH;
Hubert van den Bergh, Goumoens-la-Ville, CH;
Philippe Monnier, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 16 ; 606-2 ; 606 13 ; 606 17 ; 606 18 ;
Abstract
A light diffuser for simultaneous photodynamic therapy and hyperthermic treatment in the oesophagus has an arrangement (14 to 18) which disperses radially the light (10) fed in by way of an optical fiber (6) and has a tube (12) filled with silicone to which are added concentrations, modulated in the axial direction, of quartz grains having a diameter of approximately 40 .mu.m which bring about a refraction having little dependence on the wavelength.