Patents Assigned to Light Medicine, Inc.
  • Photodynamic therapy apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 5944748
    Abstract: A device for applying light in photodynamic therapy is arranged to apply light in a pattern corresponding to the configuration of the lesion to be treated. The device may be customized in response to an image of the patient acquired before treatment. Alternatively, the device may include sensors for detecting a characteristic of tissue overlying each region of the device so that the device either emits light or does not emit light in each region depending upon the characteristics of the overlying tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Light Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mager, Harvey I. Pass, Melvin Tecotzky