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`52:52:?“
`European
`Patent Office
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`Office eulopéen (11)
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`EP 2 229 980 A3
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`(12)
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`EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
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`(88) Date of publication A3:
`26.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/04
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`(51) Int CI.:
`A61N 5/06(2””5-”“
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`A61N 5/067 (2005-07)
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`(43) Date of publication A2:
`22.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/38
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`(21) Application number: 10250491.?
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`(22) Date of filing: 16.03.2010
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`(84) Designated Contracting States:
`AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR
`HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL
`PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
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`Designated Extension States:
`AL BA ME RS
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`(72) Inventors:
`0 Harris, David M
`Linnwood, WA 98036 (US)
`0 Strisower, John
`Chico, CA 95973 (US)
`0 Campbell, Preston
`1906, Reston, VA 20190 (US)
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`(30) Priority: 16.03.2009 US 160400
`23.07.2009 US 228126
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`(71) Applicant: Pin Pointe U.S.A., Inc.
`Chico CA95973 (US)
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`(74) Representative: Carter, Stephen John
`Mewburn Ellis LLP
`33 Gutter Lane
`London
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`EC2V 8AS (G B)
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`(54)
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`Treatment of microbiological pathogens in a toe nail with antimicrobial light
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`Methods and systems are disclosed for treat—
`(57)
`ment of nail disease in a patient. A system (10) includes
`a light applicator (12) operable to irradiate a nail having
`a nail disease with light that includes a wavelength cor-
`responding to an absorption spectrum ofthe nail disease
`and a duty cycle with a series of alternating light emis-
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`sions (22) and pauses, a light source (14) coupled with
`the light applicator (1 2) for supplying the light to the light
`applicator (12), and a controller (16) coupled with the
`light source(14) for controlling the operation of the light
`source (1 4) such that the pauses are timed for movement
`of the light applicator (12) between light emissions (22).
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`Printed by Jouve, 75001 PARIS (FR)
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`EP2229980A3
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