US 11,724,124 B2
Systems and methods for anti-microbial effect for bones
Robert A. Rabiner, Barrington, RI (US); Daniel E. Rabiner, Chelsea, MA (US); Gene P. DiPoto, Upton, MA (US); Augustus C. Shanahan, Newton, MA (US); and Franklin D. Shuler, Huntington, WV (US)
Assigned to IlluminOss Medical, Inc., East Providence, RI (US)
Filed by IlluminOss Medical, Inc., East Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,332.
Application 17/499,332 is a continuation of application No. 16/263,125, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,154,724.
Application 16/263,125 is a continuation of application No. 15/343,738, filed on Nov. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,226,642, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/272,420, filed on Dec. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/252,275, filed on Nov. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134129 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0624 (2013.01) [A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61M 2210/02 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08); A61N 2005/007 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0662 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0665 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A system for providing treatment to bone, comprising:
a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft and an inner lumen therethrough;
an expandable member positioned on a distal end of the delivery catheter, the expandable member including at least one ridge on an outermost surface thereof, the at least one ridge including at least one channel defined in the at least one ridge; and
one or more optical fibers sized to pass through the inner lumen of the delivery catheter and through the at least one channel, the one or more optical fibers being configured to directly deliver light energy to provide site-specific bone treatment of one or more pathogens,
wherein the direct delivery of light energy creates molecular oxygen for treating the one or more pathogens.