System and method for treating select tissue in a living being
OwnerJerome Lemelsoninventor
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Abstract
A computerized imaging system (such as CAT scan, MRI imaging, ultrasound imaging, infrared, X-ray, UV/visible light fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy or microwave imaging) is employed to sense the position of an endoscopic treatment system within the body of a patient. In a preferred embodiment, the system provides real-time computer control to maintain and adjust the position of the treatment system and/or the position of the patient relative to the treatment system; and also provides (if desired) real-time computer control of the operation of the treatment system itself. Other embodiments include scanning mechanisms for directing laser light or other radiation under controlled conditions at select locations within the body.
Claims13
A system for delivering radiant energy to a select location in a living being comprising:
- a. a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, enclosing at least one lumen;
- b. a source of radiant energy;
- c. a guide operably attached to said source of radiant energy and located at least partially within said lumen for conducting said radiant energy;
- d. a portion of said catheter that is substantially transparent to the radiant energy being carried by said guide;
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- e. a first stepping motor and a second stepping motor, said first motor operably attached to a mirror and arranged to rotate said mirror to direct said radiant energy in an arc of a circle and said second stepping motor operably attached to said first stepping motor and said mirror and arranged to tilt said mirror to direct said radiant energy back and forth parallel to said catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.