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Apparatus and method for application of a pharmaceutical to the tympanic membrane for photodynamic laser myringotomy

  • US 7,494,487 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2006
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for application of a pharmaceutical and performing a selective photodynamic laser myringotomy, the apparatus comprising:

  • the pharmaceutical being a single dose of an otologic formulation of mitomycin-C, the single dose of mitomycin-C having a predetermined specific color; and

    ,a laser that is specifically tuned to emit a laser beam having a wavelength that is absorbed at a location defined by the specific color of the single dose of mitomycin-C.

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