Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Red light implants for treating osteoporosis
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Application No.: US15286857Application Date: 2016-10-06
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Publication No.: US10252077B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Mohamed Attawia , Thomas M DiMauro , Jeffrey K Sutton
- Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61B17/88 ; A61N5/06 ; A61B17/86 ; A61F2/44 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
A method of irradiating spinal tissue with red/NIR light, comprising: inserting a cannulated device defining a bore into the spinal column, wherein the bore contains an optically transparent substrate adapted to emit red/NIR light, and transmitting NIR/red light through the substrate to irradiate tissue within the spinal column.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170021190A1 RED LIGHT IMPLANTS FOR TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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