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Light system for photodynamic diagnosis and/or therapy

US8657862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Irion · Liptingen, DE
Andre Ehrhardt · Tuttlingen, DE
Andreas Schmal · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2006
Grant date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4226
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light system for medical photodynamic applications comprises an incoherent light source emitting a light with a power and a light guide which has a distal end and an entrance interface. The entrance interface and the light source have a position relative to one another and are able to be positioned relative to one another. The light system further comprises a luminous power meter for measuring a luminous power emitted at the distal end of the light guide, a motorized positioning unit for positioning the entrance interface and the light source relative to one another, and a control unit which controls the positioning unit as a function of the luminous power measured by the luminous power meter.

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