Patents Assigned to Valkee Oy
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Patent number: 9364683Abstract: The portable electronic device includes radiation elements (104A, 104B) for directing optical radiation energy non-invasively at intracranial nerve tissue of a user through an external auditory canal of the user of the portable electronic device to stimulate the user's intracranial nerve tissue. Stimulation may have a metabolic and/or nervous response, which appears as a change in alertness, diurnal rhythm and in concentrations of several hormones and brain transmitters.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Valkee OYInventors: Juuso Nissilä, Antti Aunio
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Patent number: 9258642Abstract: There is provided an arrangement, an accessory, an audio device, and at least one earpiece unit. The accessory is suitable for an audio device capable of providing an electrical audio signal. The accessory comprises first and second signal conveyers for conveying electrical audio signal driving audio transducers and electrical optic signal driving optical radiation sources, respectively. The audio transducers and the optical radiation sources are located in the earpiece unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Valkee OYInventors: Juuso Nissila, Antti Aunio, Juha Tiikkainen
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Patent number: 9079023Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises illuminating unit (300) configured to illuminate extrapupillarily the skin covering a user's eye cavity with optical radiation, thus resulting in diffuse propagation of optical radiation energy to an optically sensitive tissue of the user's eye, and adapting unit (500, 510, 520, 530, 550, 560) for adapting the illuminating unit (300) to the user's head.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: VALKEE OYInventors: Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissilä
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Patent number: 8814923Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, a method and a computer program. The apparatus comprises medical imaging unit for generating a group of voxel values of a patient, a voxel value representing an electromagnetically detectable functional state in a brain voxel of the patient, data processing unit for generating from the group of voxel values of the patient an indication that represents a level of a specific medical disorder of the patient, and illumination unit for directing non-invasively a dose of light to the brain of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Valkee OyInventors: Juuso Nissilä, Antti Aunio
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Patent number: 8790383Abstract: A method of light therapy includes non-invasive, intra-cranial administration of bright light via the ear canal of a subject by using a light intensity of 0.7-12 lumens, and a treatment time of 1-15 minutes. A medical device including radiation elements for directing the light via the ear canal for use in the light therapy is described.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Valkee OyInventors: Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissila
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Publication number: 20130301851Abstract: There is provided an arrangement, an accessory (200, 300), an audio device (202) and at least one earpiece unit (204A, 204B, 600, 700, 800). The accessory (200, 300) is suitable for an audio device (202) capable of providing an electrical audio signal. The accessory (200, 300) com-prises a first (208A, 208B) and a second (214, 214A, 214B) signal conveyers for conveying electrical audio signal driving audio transducers (206A, 206B) and electrical optic signal driving optical radiation sources (212A, 212B), respectively. The audio transducers (206A, 206B) and the optical radiation sources (212A, 212B) locate in the ear-piece unit (204A, 204B, 600, 700, 800).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Valkee OYInventors: Juuso Nissila, Antti Aunio, Juha Tiikkainen
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Publication number: 20130253618Abstract: A method of light therapy includes non-invasive, intra-cranial administration of bright light via the ear canal of a subject by using a light intensity of 0.7-12 lumens, and a treatment time of 1-15 minutes. A medical device including radiation elements for directing the light via the ear canal for use in the light therapy is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Valkee OyInventors: Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissila
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Patent number: 8465531Abstract: A method of light therapy includes non-invasive, intra-cranial administration of bright light via the ear canal of a subject by using a light intensity of 0.7-12 lumens, and a treatment time of 1-15 minutes. A medical device including radiation elements for directing the light via the ear canal for use in the light therapy is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Valkee OyInventors: Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissilä
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Publication number: 20130138182Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for non-invasively applying optical radiation to photosensitive parts of the brain. In particular the present invention is directed to a device for non-invasive/trans-cranial light therapy comprising one or more radiation units adapted to direct optical radiation at one or more neuroanatomical brain structures of a user from at least one extra-cranial position below the cerebrum of the user, said device applied for use in altering and/or controlling the production, release, re-uptake and/or metabolism of dopamine or serotonin in at least one of said one or more neuroanatomical brain structures and/or in the body of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Valkee OYInventor: Valkee OY
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Patent number: 8435275Abstract: A portable electronic ear light device comprising a support member and an optical radiation source resting on the support member and a light guide for directing optical radiation energy non-invasively at the user's intracranial nerve tissue via the outer auditory canal of the user of the portable electronic device to stimulate the user's intracranial nerve tissue. In the device, the support member is around the light guide at a distance from the radiation guide, thus providing an air gap around the radiation guide. In the device there is a sealing structure between the support member and the light guide for preventing the contamination of the light guide and the air gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Valkee OyInventors: Antti Aunio, Markku Aunio
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Publication number: 20120253427Abstract: A method of light therapy includes non-invasive, intra-cranial administration of bright light via the ear canal of a subject by using a light intensity of 0.7-12 lumens, and a treatment time of 1-15 minutes. A medical device including radiation elements for directing the light via the ear canal for use in the light therapy is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: VALKEE OYInventors: Antti AUNIO, Juuso NISSILA
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Publication number: 20120253434Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, a method and a computer program. The apparatus comprises medical imaging unit for generating a group of voxel values of a patient, a voxel value representing an electromagnetically detectable functional state in a brain voxel of the patient, data processing unit for generating from the group of voxel values of the patient an indication that represents a level of a specific medical disorder of the patient, and illumination unit for directing non-invasively a dose of light to the brain of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: VALKEE OYInventors: Juuso Nissila, Antti Aunio
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Publication number: 20120253428Abstract: A portable electronic ear light device comprising a support member and an optical radiation source resting on the support member and a light guide for directing optical radiation energy non-invasively at the user's intracranial nerve tissue via the outer auditory canal of the user of the portable electronic device to stimulate the user's intracranial nerve tissue. In the device, the support member is around the light guide at a distance from the radiation guide, thus providing an air gap around the radiation guide. In the device there is a sealing structure between the support member and the light guide for preventing the contamination of the light guide and the air gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Valkee OyInventors: Antti Aunio, Markku Aunio
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Publication number: 20080262575Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises illuminating unit (300) configured to illuminate extrapupillarily the skin covering a user's eye cavity with optical radiation, thus resulting in diffuse propagation of optical radiation energy to an optically sensitive tissue of the user's eye, and adapting unit (500, 510, 520, 530, 550, 560) for adapting the illuminating unit (300) to the user's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: VALKEE OYInventors: Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissila
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Patent number: D674904Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Valkee OyInventor: Antti Aunio
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Patent number: D691278Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Valkee OyInventor: Valkee Oy