AU8732598A - Device and method for irradiating a patient's eye for photodynamic therapy - Google Patents

Device and method for irradiating a patient's eye for photodynamic therapy

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Publication number
AU8732598A
AU8732598A AU87325/98A AU8732598A AU8732598A AU 8732598 A AU8732598 A AU 8732598A AU 87325/98 A AU87325/98 A AU 87325/98A AU 8732598 A AU8732598 A AU 8732598A AU 8732598 A AU8732598 A AU 8732598A
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Prior art keywords
irradiating
eye
patient
photodynamic therapy
photodynamic
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Abandoned
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AU87325/98A
Inventor
Boris Karamata
Michel Sickenberg
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Novartis AG
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Novartis AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
    • A61N5/0613—Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment
    • A61N5/062—Photodynamic therapy, i.e. excitation of an agent
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
    • A61N5/0601—Apparatus for use inside the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
    • A61N5/067—Radiation therapy using light using laser light
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/18—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
    • A61B18/20—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
    • A61B18/22—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibre; Couplings or hand-pieces therefor
    • A61B2018/2255—Optical elements at the distal end of probe tips
    • A61B2018/2261—Optical elements at the distal end of probe tips with scattering, diffusion or dispersion of light

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Radiation-Therapy Devices (AREA)
AU87325/98A 1997-07-28 1998-07-24 Device and method for irradiating a patient's eye for photodynamic therapy Abandoned AU8732598A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP97112934 1997-07-28
EP97112934 1997-07-28
PCT/EP1998/004642 WO1999004857A1 (en) 1997-07-28 1998-07-24 Device and method for irradiating a patient's eye for photodynamic therapy

Publications (1)

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AU8732598A true AU8732598A (en) 1999-02-16

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WO (1) WO1999004857A1 (en)

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Legal Events

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase