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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A. J. Rodgers, Waterville, OH (US);
Giulio Jori, Padova, IT;
Malcolm E. Kenney, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/336 ;
Abstract
The present invention in general terms includes a method of treating cancerous cells containing a pigment, the method including irradiation of the cells with light of comprising the steps: (1) subjecting the cancerous cells to relatively high power light so as to substantially reduce the amount of the pigment in the cells; (2) treating the cancerous cells with one or more photosensitizing agent; followed by (3) subjecting the cancerous cells to relatively low power light so as to activate the photosensitizing agent(s).