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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Andreas Rose, San Marcos, CA (US);
Nicholas G. Loebel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Cale Street, Edmonds, WA (US);
Roger Andersen, Ladysmith, CA;
Andreas Rose, San Marcos, CA (US);
Nicholas G. Loebel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Cale Street, Edmonds, WA (US);
Roger Andersen, Ladysmith, CA;
Ondine International Holdings Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
The present invention presents devices, kits, systems and methods that can be used to otitis externa. For example, a method of present invention includes applying a photosensitizing composition to treatment site within ear cavity where microbes causing otitis externa are located; inserting at least a portion of a light delivery device into the cavity; and applying light to the treatment site at a wavelength absorbed by the photosensitizing composition so as to inhibit or eliminate the microbes and/or to reduce inflammation at the treatment site but without causing physiological damage to host tissue within the ear cavity; wherein the light is delivered by the light delivery device to the treatment site and the light delivery device is in light communication with a light source via a waveguide.