Non-ablative photonic devices and related methods
AssigneeLitecure LLC
InventorsLuis De Taboada, Brian Pryor
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Abstract
A method of delivering light energy to a pathological tissue includes emitting light energy from a first optical element within a cannula, producing a substantially uniform irradiance profile from the light energy within the cannula, transmitting the light energy emitted from the first optical element through a second optical element in thermal contact with a distal end of the cannula to the pathological tissue without ablating the pathological tissue, and conducting thermal energy from the pathological tissue through the second optical element and to the cannula.
Claims20
A non-ablative photonic device for delivering non-ablative photonic therapy , comprising:
- a cannula;
- an optical element located adjacent a proximal end of the cannula and configured to emit light energy with a substantially uniform irradiance profile;
- and
- a cylindrical sapphire rod in thermal contact with a distal end of the cannula, the cylindrical sapphire rod configured to transmit the light energy emitted from the optical element to pathological tissue located distal to the cylindrical sapphire rod and configured to conduct thermal energy from the pathological tissue to the cannula.
A method of delivering light energy to a pathological tissue, comprising:
- emitting light energy from an optical element within a cannula;
- producing a substantially uniform irradiance profile from the light energy within the cannula;
- transmitting the light energy emitted from the optical element through a cylindrical sapphire rod in thermal contact with a distal end of the cannula to the pathological tissue without ablating the pathological tissue;
- and
- conducting thermal energy from the pathological tissue through the cylindrical sapphire rod and to the cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.