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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Applicant:
James Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
James Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Lights Sciences Oncology, Inc., Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to apparatus for transcutaneous photodynamic therapy ('PDT') of a target tissue or compositions in a mammalian subject, which includes a light source that is external to the subject and is selected from among one or a plurality of laser diodes; light emitting diodes; electroluminescent light source; incandescent light sources; cold cathode fluorescent light sources; organic polymer light sources; or inorganic light sources, where the light source is adapted to direct the light in a direction lengthwise and parallel to a vessel wall comprising the lesion.