专利检索 ap:"Nathaniel L. R. Rhodes" 第 1 页

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发明授权
Methods and apparatus to deliver therapeutic, non-ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation to inactivate infectious agents and/or to enhance healthy cell growth via a catheter residing in a body cavity 有权

公开(公告)号：US10894173B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16144009

申请日：2018-09-27

申请人： Mitchell D. Barneck , Nathaniel L. R. Rhodes , James P. Allen , Curtis D. Long

发明人： Mitchell D. Barneck , Nathaniel L. R. Rhodes , James P. Allen , Curtis D. Long

IPC分类号： A61N5/06 , A61L2/00 , A61L2/08 , A61M25/00

摘要： Methods and apparatus provide therapeutic electromagnetic radiation (EMR) for inactivating infectious agents in, on or around a catheter residing in a patient's body cavity and/or for enhancing healthy cell growth. The method comprises transmitting non-ultraviolet therapeutic EMR substantially axially along an optical element in a lumen of the catheter body and/or the catheter body. Through delivery of the therapeutic EMR to particular infected areas and/or areas requiring tissue healing. The methods and apparatus of the present disclosure inactivate the major sources of infection in, on, and around catheters and/or enhance healthy cell growth around catheters.