Chemiluminescent light source using visible light for biotherapy
AssigneeLumeRx, Inc.
InventorsMarc Joshua Tolkoff, Philip Levin, Robert Arcangeli, Andy Levine, Thomas G. Chasteen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a devices and methods for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a patient's body, such as light-sensitive bacteria including helicobacter pylori and/or propionibacterium acnes. A chemiluminescent light source provides electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum. The light wavelengths are selected for absorption by naturally-occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the patient's body.
Claims4
An apparatus for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a body comprising a chemiluminescent light source providing electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum selected for absorption by naturally-occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the body;
- wherein the chemiluminescent light source comprises:
- an energizer producing a selected amount of energy for a selected duration;
- a wavelength-selectable material energetically coupled to the energizer for producing electromagnetic radiation in response to the coupled energy at one or more selected wavelengths for the selected duration;
- a first reservoir configured to be initially containing the wavelength-selectable material, the first reservoir electromagnetically coupled to a treatment site;
- a second reservoir containing the energizer;
- a nozzle for coupling the second reservoir to the first reservoir;
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- means for transporting at least a portion of the energizer from the second reservoir to the first reservoir through the nozzle.
An apparatus for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a body comprising a chemiluminescent light source providing electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum selected for absorption by naturally-occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the body;
- wherein the chemiluminescent light source comprises:
- an energizer producing a selected amount of energy for a selected duration;
- and
- a wavelength-selectable material energetically coupled to the energizer for producing electromagnetic radiation in response to the coupled energy at one or more selected wavelengths for the selected duration;
- wherein the energizer comprises an energy-releasing chemical reaction;
- wherein the energy-releasing chemical reaction comprises an oxalate and a peroxide that, when mixed together, release energy.
An apparatus for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a body comprising a chemiluminescent light source providing electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum selected for absorption by naturally-occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the body;
- wherein the chemiluminescent light source comprises a liquid;
- a first reservoir configured to be containing a first portion of the liquid electromagnetically coupled to a treatment site;
- a second reservoir containing a second portion of the liquid remotely located from the treatment site;
- a tube coupled between the first and second reservoirs;
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- means for transporting through the tube at least some of the first portion of the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.