CPC A61B 1/31 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/0017 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/12013 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12018 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3452 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3486 (2013.01); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02)] | 19 Claims |
1. A device, comprising:
a balloon configured for inflation with a light-diffusing fluid and configured, upon inflation, to expand a body lumen within which it is positioned; and
a flexible light-emitting device attached to the balloon having a light-emitting side facing distally and radially inward toward the fluid so that, during a medical procedure, light emitted from the light-emitting side is diffused by the fluid and directed proximally to illuminate a treatment area within the body lumen proximal to the balloon.
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