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Method and PDT probe for minimizing CT and MRI image artifacts

  • US 5,827,186 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1997
  • Issued: 10/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable probe for use in administering a medical therapy to an internal treatment site within a patient'"'"'s body, and for minimizing imaging artifacts in images produced to evaluate a condition of the internal treatment site, comprising:

  • (a) a non-metallic insulating base;

    (b) a plurality of non-metallic conductive traces supported by the base, adapted to couple to a power supply to convey an electrical current supplied by the power supply; and

    (c) a non-metallic electronic component supported by the base and coupled to the conductive traces, said non-metallic electronic component being energized by the electrical current conveyed by the plurality of non-metallic conductive traces to produce the medical therapy, said implantable probe being thus configured to remain disposed at the treatment site when the treatment site is imaged, without causing an imaging artifact that would obscure the treatment site in said images.

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