Catheter for diagnosis and treatment of diseased vessels
CA 2495466 A1 · Owner: Miravant Medical Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Rychnovsky, Steven John; Scott, Robert W.; Vasek, Jeffrey A.
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The application provides a catheter for detecting and treating diseased tissue in a blood vessel or other hollow body organ. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular catheter shaft having a distal end comprising a light transmission zone. A first fiber lumen in the catheter shaft contains a diagnostic optical fiber terminating within the light transmission zone for emitting and receiving light through the light transmission zone. A diagnostic subassembly at the proximal end and in communication with the diagnostic optical fiber processes diagnostic light for use in connection with a diagnostic method for detecting diseased tissue. A second fiber lumen can be provided in the …
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- Filed August 5, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 5, 2023.
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