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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS AND DISEASES OF THE SPINE

  • US 20160022333A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2015
  • Published: 01/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a balloon catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the balloon catheter comprising;

    at least a first inner balloon positioned inside an outer balloon, the balloons located at the distal end of the balloon catheter, the outer balloon having a flat top side and a flat bottom side;

    an optical fiber having a core surrounded by a cladding material, the optical fiber comprising;

    a nonlinear light-emitting portion including a plurality of spaced apart cuts in the cladding material along a length of the nonlinear light-emitting portion exposing the core so that light energy may be emitted from the core along the length of the nonlinear light-emitting portion; and

    a linear elongated portion for guiding light towards the nonlinear light-emitting portion,wherein the optical fiber has a curved conformation in which the nonlinear light-emitting portion of the optical fiber forms at least one loop around the first inner balloon from inside the outer balloon.

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