PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY DEVICE
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Oct 16, 2008
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Oct 8, 2007
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Oct 18, 2006
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The invention described herein is an apparatus for performing photodynamic therapy comprising: a waveguide, a light source in communication with one end of the waveguide, a photodynamic tip in communication with another end of the waveguide wherein the photodynamic tip is designed to be securely but removably attached to a scaling tip of a scaler and the apparatus delivers light in a desired illumination pattern and in at least one predetermined wavelength to activate a photosensitizing composition for the killing of microbes. The invention also includes a method for using the apparatus in conjunction with a scaler to perform sonophotodynamic therapy and a method for making the apparatus.
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