US 11,925,813 B1
Interstitial photodynamic therapy probe delivery device
Bryan Outlaw, Broad Brook, CT (US); and Trevor MacDougall, South Dartmouth, MA (US)
Assigned to Lumeda Inc., Rocky Hill, CT (US)
Appl. No. 18/255,226
Filed by Lumeda inc, Rocky Hill, CT (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 4, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/060070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2023,
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Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0601 (2013.01) [A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0612 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photodynamic therapy (PDT) delivery device comprising:
a housing including a handle, a fiber lock orifice positioned on a back end, a probe insertion orifice positioned on a front end and a tube retraction groove positioned between the fiber lock orifice and the probe insertion orifice;
an insertion probe comprising a stepped hollow cylinder positioned within the probe insertion orifice and within the tube retraction groove and having an insertion needle at a distal end;
a fiber locking mechanism positioned within fiber lock orifice and within the housing;
a probe release mechanism positioned in the housing and selectively movable between an unlock position and a lock position;
a probe retraction mechanism positioned within the housing and releasably coupled to the insertion probe; and
a retraction trigger coupled to the probe retraction mechanism to translate the insertion probe between an insertion position and a retraction position.