| abstract |
An implantable apparatus for internal treatment of body cavities and damaged vessels using electromagnetic radiation having an implantable light source is operationally connected to an implantable illuminating surface. The implantable light source and implantable illuminating surface are of materials, which are compatible with implantation in a human subject, and possessed of an expanded, deployed configuration and compact, undeployed configuration suitable for laparoscopic insertion within a body cavity for application, when deployed, to an outer, periadventitial surface of an internal vessel or surface of an organ. The apparatus also has a control unit, which control unit regulates the activation of said light source and is optionally located remotely from the implantable light source and illuminating surface. |