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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Applicants:
David Gertz, Jerusalem, IL;
Lilach Gavish, Mevasseret Zion, IL;
Petachia Reissman, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2261 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a device and method for illuminating a body surface. A light source is optically coupled to the proximal end of a light guide and a light scatterer is optically coupled to the distal end of the light guide. The device includes a deployment mechanism that is configured to bring the light scatterer from a small caliber configuration in which the light scatterer is delivered to the body surface to a large caliber configuration in which the light scatterer irradiates the body surface. The invention may be used, for example, irradiate the periadventitial surface of an aneurysmal blood vessel.