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Reduced fluence rate PDT

US7753943B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 2003
Grant dateJul 13, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N5/062
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of reduced fluency rate PDT to treat neovasculature, particularly choroidal neovasculature (CNV). Reduced fluency rate PDT decreases the likelihood of molecular oxygen being the limiting factor in the photodynamic reaction so that the concentration of either photons (light intensity) or photosensitizer in the target tissue controls the photodynamic reaction.

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