US 11,690,737 B2
Stent using wireless transmitted power and external operating apparatus thereof
Myung-Gyu Choi, Seoul (KR); Seok-Hyun Yun, Belmont, MA (US); Bo-In Lee, Seoul (KR); Jae Myung Park, Seoul (KR); Ehsan Kamrani, Waterloo (CA); and Ali Kemal Yetisen, Peabody, MA (US)
Assigned to The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 16/328,094
Filed by THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2016, PCT No. PCT/KR2016/009884
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/038304, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0109264 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0183665 A1, Jun. 20, 2019
Int. Cl. A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/82 (2013.01) [A61B 5/076 (2013.01); A61B 5/6862 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/10 (2013.01); A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61B 5/1473 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61F 2/482 (2021.08); A61F 2007/0094 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0602 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0651 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
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1. A stent having terminal ends and being coated with a photosensitizer, the stent comprising:
a circuit comprising:
a light emitting diode configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light;
a power receiving portion for wirelessly receiving radio frequency power from a power transmitting portion of an external operating apparatus, and for converting the radio frequency power to electric power;
a power storage portion for storing the electric power converted by the power receiving portion, and for providing stored power as the electric power to the circuit;
a second communication portion for wirelessly receiving a control command from a first control portion via a first communication portion of the external operating apparatus;
a second control portion for applying, based on the control command, the electric power to terminal ends of the stent, causing an electric current to flow through the stent between the terminal ends, the flow of the electric current causing heating of the stent, and for controlling a temperature of the stent as heated in order to provide hyperthermia therapy to a tumor, the second control portion further for applying, based on the control command, the electric power to the light emitting diode to emit the predetermined wavelength of light to the photosensitizer in order to provide photodynamic therapy to the tumor;
a nontoxic silicone layer coating at least one of the power receiving portion, the power storage portion, the second communication portion, and the second control portion, wherein the nontoxic silicone layer fixes the circuit to the stent; and
wherein the stent comprises an outer stent and an inner stent forming a concentric structure along at least a portion of a length of the stent, and the nontoxic silicone layer is disposed in the concentric structure between the outer stent and the inner stent.