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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Merrill A Biel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Photodynamic Technologies, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 92 ; 606-2 ; 606-3 ; 606 14 ; 606 15 ; 606 16 ; 604 20 ; 604 21 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical device including a tube and expandable member and one or more light sources disposed in an elongated member disposed in the tube. The light sources emit energy for photodynamic therapy through a window to the treatment area. The treatment device may further include a heat and/or light dissipating layer, such as a layer of gold alloy paint, or other light blocking material.