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Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus

  • US 6,423,055 B1
  • Filed: 07/14/1999
  • Issued: 07/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for forming an annular lesion in a tissue by phototherapy, comprising the steps of:

  • introducing an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, said optical apparatus having an optical lens element in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber; and

    transmitting energy through said optical fiber, such that radiation propagating through said optical fiber is transmitted into the lens element and then projected by the lens element in an annular light pattern, whereby an annular lesion is formed in said tissue.

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