US 12,390,660 B2
Internal ultraviolet therapy
Ali Rezaie, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Mark Pimentel, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Gil Y. Melmed, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,466.
Application 18/229,466 is a continuation of application No. 16/300,500, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2017/035316, filed on May 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/343,710, filed on May 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024697 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0624 (2013.01) [A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61N 5/06 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0602 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0608 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0609 (2013.01); A61N 2005/061 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0611 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0667 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for performing intra-corporeal ultraviolet therapy, the system comprising:
a delivery tube,
wherein the delivery tube is made from borosilicate,
wherein the delivery tube includes at least an outer layer of transparent material to allow the emitted light to radiate out to internal cavities, and
wherein the delivery tube is rigid;
at least one UV light source inside the delivery tube,
wherein the at least one UV light source is configured to emit light at wavelengths in a UV-A range only, and
wherein the at least one UV light source is positioned to deliver radiation directed outwardly around a circumference of the delivery tube; and
a power supply connected to the at least one UV light source.