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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Stephen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Franco Lugnani, Trieste, IT;
Cino Rossi, Rome, IT;
Silvio Eruzzi, Mantova, IT;
Assignee:
Physion S.r.l., Mirandola, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 99 ; 128898 ; 604 20 ;
Abstract
Intravesical electromotive administration of specified dye substances for localisation and treatment of occult bladder cancers, is disclosed. Innocuous dye substances will provide differential staining of cancerous and normal urothelium; and anticancer dye substances will demonstrate differential staining and also initiate therapy of cancerous lesions. The addition of vasodilating agents will accentuate the differential staining and further promote therapy of the cancerous sites.