EP 1024757 A1 20000809 - LIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH BLOOD FLUSHING CAPABILITY
Title (en)
LIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH BLOOD FLUSHING CAPABILITY
Title (de)
ANORDNUNG ZUR EINKOPPLUNG VON LICHT IN BLUT
Title (fr)
SYSTEME DE PROJECTION D'UN FAISCEAU LUMINEUX AVEC FONCTION DE RIN AGE DU SANG
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9719667 W 19971027
Abstract (en)
[origin: CA2307654A1] A light delivery system (10) for use in irradiating vascular tissue includes a balloon catheter (12) with a working lumen (14) for receiving an optical fiber (28) therein and an inflation/flushing lumen (16) adapted to receive a liquid at a proximal end and leading to a space defined within the balloon member (32) attached to the distal end of the catheter. The balloon member (32) has a pattern of holes or pores (36) in the wall thereof through which the saline solution may flow when the balloon is inflated, causing any blood or other absorbing substances that may interfere with good radiant energy transmission to be flushed away from the treatment area.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61N 5/06 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
AU 5095898 A 19990517; AU 736989 B2 20010809; CA 2307654 A1 19990506; EP 1024757 A1 20000809; EP 1024757 A4 20010829; JP 2001520910 A 20011106
DOCDB simple family (application)
AU 5095898 A 19971027; CA 2307654 A 19971027; EP 97913880 A 19971027; JP 2000517661 A 19971027