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
申请号：
US16364051
公开号：
US20190217117A1
申请日:
2019.03.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
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. 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 inactivation of the major sources of infection in, on, and around catheters and/or enhance healthy cell growth around catheters is accomplished by utilizing controlled relative intensity and/or treatment region specific dosing of the therapeutic EMR emitted radially from the optical element. Specific embodiments of urinary catheters and peritoneal dialysis catheters are also disclosed.
