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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2003
Marc Joshua Tolkoff, Brookline, MA (US);
Philip Levin, Thompson, CT (US);
Robert Arcangeli, Westborough, MA (US);
Andy Levine, Newton, MA (US);
Thomas G. Chasteen, Huntsville, TX (US);
Marc Joshua Tolkoff, Brookline, MA (US);
Philip Levin, Thompson, CT (US);
Robert Arcangeli, Westborough, MA (US);
Andy Levine, Newton, MA (US);
Thomas G. Chasteen, Huntsville, TX (US);
LumeRX Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a devices and methods for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a patient's body, such as light-sensitive bacteria includingand/or. A chemiluminescent light source provides electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum. The light wavelengths are selected for absorption by naturally-occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the patient's body.