Process for restoring responsiveness to medication in tissue of living organisms
AssigneeOjai Retinal Technology, LLC
InventorsJeffrey K. Luttrull, Benjamin Margolis, David B. Chang
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Abstract
A process for restoring responsiveness to medication in eye tissue, namely retinal tissue, that is unresponsive to medication. The process utilizes a laser source for generating a confluent, contiguous laser light beam. The laser light beam is preferably a subthreshold diode micropulse laser beam which is optically shaped through an optical lens or mask. The tissue is then exposed to the confluent, contiguous laser light beam and allowed to recover for thirty days before administering medication to which the tissue was unresponsive.
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A process for restoring responsiveness to medication in retinal tissue comprising the steps of:
- generating a confluent, contiguous laser light beam from a laser source;
- optically shaping the laser light beam through an optical lens or mask;
- exposing the retinal tissue to the laser light beam;
- and allowing the retinal tissue to recover for a predetermined period of time and then administering medication to which the retinal tissue was unresponsive.
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