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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Paul J. Zalesky, Cranston, RI (US);
Marc D. Friedman, Needham, MA (US);
Stephen Evans, Westford, MA (US);
Paul J. Zalesky, Cranston, RI (US);
Marc D. Friedman, Needham, MA (US);
Stephen Evans, Westford, MA (US);
LumeRx, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Abstract
Catheters for performing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures within a body, including human or animal body cavities or lumens, and methods for use. One or more distancing member of the catheter can be used to position a sensor or a therapeutic device a minimum distance from a wall of a lumen or cavity. The catheter can include means for actively or passively controlling or modulating its position within the lumen or cavity during a procedure. Methods for using the catheter include nonocclusive deployment in the human gastrointestinal tract for phototherapy procedures, delivering electromagnetic radiation substantially homogeneously or in a desired pattern to the interior of a lumen.