Light delivery catheter
CA 2495562 A1 · Owner: Rychnovsky, Steven J. · Inventors: Hill, John S.; Blong, C.T. Lo; Franco, John A.
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The present invention provides improved light delivery catheters for use in therapeutic methods, such as PDT, that require illumination of target tissue within a blood vessel or other hollow body organ. An improved catheter comprises a catheter shaft having a light treatment zone at its distal end. A light guide, such as an optical fiber, in the catheter shaft transmits light from a light source at the proximal end of the catheter shaft to the light treatment zone. An occlusion balloon is positioned on the distal end of the catheter shaft adjacent to the light treatment zone. An inflation lumen in the catheter shaft, and in fluid communication with the balloon delivers fluid , from …
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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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