Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for photoactivating a photosensitizer applied to an eye
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Application No.: US16384099Application Date: 2019-04-15
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Publication No.: US11167149B2Publication Date: 2021-11-09
- Inventor: Marc D. Friedman , Mikhail Smirnov , Pavel Kamaev
- Applicant: Avedro, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Avedro, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avedro, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/06
- IPC: A61N5/06 ; A61F9/02 ; A61F9/007

Abstract:
An antimicrobial treatment system comprises a wearable photoactivation device. The wearable photoactivation device includes a body configured to be positioned on a head of a subject over one or more eyes of the subject. The body includes one or more windows or openings that allow the one or more eyes to see through the body. The body includes one or more photoactivating light sources coupled to the body and configured to direct photoactivating light to the one or more eyes according to illumination parameters. The illumination parameters determine a dose of the photoactivating light that activates, according to photochemical kinetic reactions, a photosensitizer applied to the one or more eyes and generates reactive oxygen species that provide an antimicrobial effect in the one or more eyes, without substantially inducing cross-linking activity that produces biomechanical changes in the one or more eyes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190240503A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOACTIVATING A PHOTOSENSITIZER APPLIED TO AN EYE Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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