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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
Lajos Kemény, Szeged, HU;
Zsolt Bor, Szeged, HU;
Gábor Szabó, Szeged, HU;
Ferenc Ignácz, Melykut, HU;
Béla Rácz, Szeged, HU;
Attila Dobozy, Szeged, HU;
Lajos Kemény, Szeged, HU;
Zsolt Bor, Szeged, HU;
Gábor Szabó, Szeged, HU;
Ferenc Ignácz, Melykut, HU;
Béla Rácz, Szeged, HU;
Attila Dobozy, Szeged, HU;
Rhinolight Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A phototherapeutical apparatus and method are described. The apparatus includes an ultraviolet light source, an optical guidance system, and a patient interface. The patient interface is insertable at least partially into a body cavity and is operable to apply the guided ultraviolet light to a tissue surface of a body cavity. The method includes providing the phototherapeutical apparatus, preparing for the application of the phototherapeutical apparatus, inserting the patient interface at least partially into a body cavity, and applying the ultraviolet light by the patient interface to a tissue surface of a body cavity, wherein the tissue of the body cavity has an inflammatory or a hyperproliferative disease. The inflammatory diseases include rhinitis, sinusitis and rhinosinusitis. A photochemotherapeutical method is also described, using photosensitizing substances, such as psoralen before treatment with ultraviolet light. The phototherapeutical method is also effective for the prevention of inflammatory or hyperproliferative diseases.