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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:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W. Flower, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Abu Alam, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Assignee:
Akorn, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ;
Abstract
Methods concerning medical uses for fluorescent dyes, e.g., Indocyanine green (ICG), fluorescein, rose bengal, for diagnosis and treatment. Methods for enhancing the clarity of fluorescent dye angiograms using relatively high dye concentrations, methods for determining the direction of blood flow within a blood vessel using fluorescent dye angiograms, and methods of identifying blood vessels that feed a lesion, such as a CNV or tumor. Methods of reducing the flow of blood into lesions incorporating dye-enhanced photocoagulation are also provided.