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

Claim 16:
17. A method for providing photodynamic therapy to a target tissue, the target tissue including intrauterine tissue, within a uterine cavity, the method comprising:
inserting an outer shaft of a therapy device into the uterine cavity through a cervix;
expanding a phototherapeutic light containment device from the outer shaft;
surrounding the target tissue with the phototherapeutic light containment device within the uterine cavity;
extending a photosensitizer and a phototherapeutic light source within the phototherapeutic light containment device; and
delivering the photosensitizer and the phototherapeutic light within the phototherapeutic light containment device to a surface of the target tissue.