Procedures for photodynamic cardiac ablation therapy and devices for those procedures

摘要

This relates to procedures and to devices for treating cardiac tissue by forming lesions in that tissue using photodynamic therapy techniques. In particular, the procedure is valuable for rectifying various cardiac arrhythymias with those so-formed lesions. Central to this procedure is the delivery of light to the desired lesion site in cooperation with delivery of a photodynamic drug to that site. The invention also relates to devices, particularly catheters, that are suitable for delivering the light for forming those lesions.