Patent ID: 11944842
Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A therapy device for providing photodynamic therapy to a target tissue, the therapy device comprising:
an outer shaft extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion; and
a surgical instrument translatable within the outer shaft, the surgical instrument including:
a treatment end located at the distal portion, the treatment end configured to advance from the outer shaft and configured to apply a photosensitizer and deliver phototherapeutic light to a treatment region including the target tissue, the treatment end including:
a phototherapeutic light containment device surrounding the treatment end of the surgical instrument in an expanded configuration and configured to contain phototherapeutic light within the treatment region, the treatment region including the target tissue;
wherein the phototherapeutic light containment device is configured to be advanced from the outer shaft and a distal end of the phototherapeutic light containment device is configured to contact at least a portion of a perimeter of the treatment region; and
a distension device translatable within the outer shaft and configured to expand around the phototherapeutic light containment device.