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Treatment of age-related macular degeneration

  • US 7,351,193 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2005
  • Issued: 04/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating AMD, comprising:

  • sliding a catheter around the globe of the eye of a living patient, the catheter containing a switchable x-ray source capable of directional emission in a distal end of the catheter, to a position behind the macular region of the retina,properly locating the catheter behind the macular region by activating one or more light sources on the catheter, and viewing the light sources using an optical instrument from the front of the eye, the light sources being visible through the sclera, choroid and retina, andswitching on the x-ray source to emit directed radiation through the sclera into the choroid membrane.

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