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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2008
Robert M. Stuba, Macedonia, OH (US);
Michael S. Epstein, Annapolis, MD (US);
Richard M. Wolf, Hudson, OH (US);
Robert M. Stuba, Macedonia, OH (US);
Michael S. Epstein, Annapolis, MD (US);
Richard M. Wolf, Hudson, OH (US);
Precision Endoscopic Technologies, Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
A flexible infrared delivery apparatus useful for endoscopic infrared coagulating of human or animal blood and tissue or for other uses employs a source of infrared radiation which is not a laser and an elongated flexible fiber optic member which transmits radiation from the source to a contact portion at a distal end of the member and to a material such as human or animal tissue proximate the contact portion. The elongated member has an outer diameter which enables it to be inserted into and through an accessory channel of an endoscope to view the human or animal tissue or material to be treated with infrared radiation. A connector on the proximal end of the member allows the elongated member to be quickly connected to and disconnected from the apparatus where the member is aligned for receiving infrared radiation from the source. The contact portion defines a size, direction and shape of a radiation delivery area from the member to the human or animal tissue or material proximate the contact portion.