Optical therapy devices, systems, kits and methods for providing therapy to a body cavity
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1. An optical therapy device for providing therapeutic light to a body cavity, comprising:
- a housing adapted to be hand-held;
one or more light sources positioned in or on said housing adapted to deliver up to 50 mW of UV light; and
an insertion member having a distal end configured to be inserted into the body cavity to illuminate tissue in the body cavity with light from the light source when the distal end of the insertion member is positioned in the body cavity.
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Abstract
An optical therapy device is disclosed. The optical therapy device provides therapeutic light therapy to a body cavity. The device includes a housing adapted to be hand held, a UV light source positioned in or on the housing, and an insertion member having a distal end configured to be inserted into the body cavity to illuminate tissue in the body cavity with light from the light source.
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28 Claims
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1. An optical therapy device for providing therapeutic light to a body cavity, comprising:
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a housing adapted to be hand-held;
one or more light sources positioned in or on said housing adapted to deliver up to 50 mW of UV light; and
an insertion member having a distal end configured to be inserted into the body cavity to illuminate tissue in the body cavity with light from the light source when the distal end of the insertion member is positioned in the body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An optical therapy device for providing therapeutic light to a body cavity, comprising:
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an insertion member having a distal end configured to be inserted into the body cavity; and
a UV light source at the distal end of the insertion member, wherein the insertion member is adapted to illuminate tissue in the body cavity with UV light when the distal end of the insertion member is positioned in the body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A patient interface for an optical therapy device for providing therapeutic light to a body cavity, comprising:
an insertion member having a distal end configured to be positioned within a body cavity to illuminate target tissue in the body cavity with UV light from a UV light source when the distal end of the insertion member is positioned in the body cavity, the insertion member having an alignment member adapted to align the insertion member within the cavity and a direction element adapted to direct light onto target tissue - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An optical therapy device for providing therapeutic light to a body cavity, comprising:
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an insertion member having a distal end configured to be inserted into the body cavity;
a light source at the distal end of the insertion member and adapted to illuminate tissue in the body cavity when the distal end of the insertion member is positioned in the body cavity;
the insertion member being further adapted to transfer heat proximally from the light source.
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