Intravenous ultraviolet implant

• US 20060183987A1
• Filed: 12/17/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John K. Murray
• Original Assignee: John K. Murray
• Inventors: Murray, John K.
• Application Number:
  US11/311,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20060183987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/322
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0652 Arrays of diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0661 ultraviolet
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0601 Apparatus for use inside the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/062 Photodynamic therapy, i.e. excitation of an agent
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0624 for eliminating microbes, germs, bacteria on or in the body

Abstract

Intravenous ultraviolet implant within a human body having a plurality of ultra-violet frequency (UV) LED'"'"'s attached radially in an inwardly facing manner to a rigid ring, an electrical power cord attached at one end to the UV-LED ring and at the other end to a power supply such as a battery, and a housing that encloses the power supply as well as other standard electronic components such as resistors and battery contacts. A preferred embodiment includes the ring is surgically installed within a major vein so that blood passing through the the vein can be irradiated with UV light frequencies.

Claims

1. Intravenous ultraviolet implant comprising:

a plurality of ultra-violet frequency (UV) LED'"'"'s attached radially in an inwardly facing manner to a rigid ring;

an electrical power cord attached at one end to said UV-LED ring and at the other end to a power supply such as a battery; and

a housing that encloses said power supply as well as other standard electronic components such as resistors and battery contacts.

2. Intravenous ultraviolet implant as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ring is surgically installed within a major vein so that blood passing through the said vein can be irradiated with UV light frequencies.

3. Intravenous ultraviolet implant as claimed in claim 1 wherein said UV light can be either UV-A (between 315 and 400 nanometers) or UV-B (between 280 and 315 nanometers) or UV-C (between 100 and 280 nanometers) or any combination of said frequencies.

4. Intravenous ultraviolet implant as claimed in claim 1 wherein a person ingests psoralens (8-MOP) thereby allowing said psoralens to intermingle with said person'"'"'s blood so that as said blood passes through said UV ring said UV radiation interacts with said psoralens thereby causing said psoralens to destroy cancerous DNA within said person'"'"'s blood stream.