Balloon devices for delivering light therapy and methods for using them
AssigneeCern
InventorGregg A. Klang
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for vaginal light therapy of a subject using a device carrying an expandable member and one or more light sources. A distal end of the device carrying the expandable member thereon is introduced a vaginal canal with the expandable member in a contracted condition, the expandable member is expanded within the vaginal canal, the one or more light sources are activated to emit light outwardly at one or more wavelengths within a range of germicidal or other therapeutic light; and the device is removed from the vaginal canal after treatment.
Claims24
A device for vaginal light therapy of a patient, comprising:
- an elongate member comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion sized for introduction into a vaginal canal terminating in a distal tip, and one or more light sources on the distal portion;
- an expandable member carried on the distal portion and surrounding the one or more light sources, the expandable member comprising a proximal end attached to the elongate member proximal to the distal tip and an enclosed distal end that extends over the distal tip of the distal portion, the expandable member configured to emit light outwardly from the one or more light sources at one or more wavelengths within a range of germicidal light to treat one or more pathogens without injuring vaginal tissue;
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- an inflator for expanding the expandable member from a delivery condition for introduction into a vaginal canal, and an expandable condition once inserted for delivering the light to treat one or more conditions,
- wherein the one or more light sources comprise a plurality of light sources spaced apart from one another on a wall of the distal portion to transmit light radially outwardly through the expandable member.
A device for vaginal light therapy of a patient, comprising:
- an elongate member comprising a proximal portion, and a distal portion sized for introduction into a vaginal canal terminating in a distal tip;
- an expandable member carried on the distal portion carrying a plurality of light sources configured to emit light radially outwardly at one or more wavelengths within a range of germicidal light to treat one or more pathogens without injuring vaginal tissue, the expandable member comprising a proximal end attached to the elongate member and an enclosed distal end that extends over the distal tip of the distal portion;
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- an inflator for expanding the expandable member from a delivery condition for introduction into a vaginal canal, and an expandable condition once inserted for delivering the light to treat one or more conditions.
A method for vaginal light therapy of a patient, comprising:
- providing a treatment device comprising an elongate member including a distal portion carrying an expandable member comprising a proximal end attached to the elongate member and an enclosed distal end that extends over a distal tip of the distal portion, the treatment devices comprising one or more light sources;
- inserting the distal portion into a vaginal canal with the expandable member in a contracted condition;
- expanding the expandable member within the vaginal canal;
- activating the one or more light sources to emit light radially outwardly along the distal portion from the expandable member at one or more wavelengths within a range of germicidal light to treat one or more pathogens without injuring vaginal tissue;
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- removing the device from the vaginal canal after treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.