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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Merrill A Biel, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Photodynamic Technologies, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 92 ; 607 89 ; 606-2 ;
Abstract
A medical apparatus including implantable elongate probes for emitting diffused light energy within the interior of a tissue body to provide a uniform light dosage to the tissue body. In one particular embodiment, the probes may include a plurality of LEDs or VSCEL devices interspaced along the probe shaft. The invention further provides an planar or shaped alignment grid for aligning one or more probes within the tissue body.