Patents by Inventor Maurice Bales

Maurice Bales has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090143843
    Abstract: A treatment device includes a plurality of photon emitter arrays directed toward treatment points on a patient's body. The emitter arrays produce greater than 100 mw/cm2 of optical energy at the skin surface of a patient. The treatment points are at mirror image locations and the emitters are energized in a push-pull on-off fashion. The device is automatic, such that once a patient is inserted, an operator only need to press a single button to perform treatment. The treatment device includes, for example, fixed adjustable emitter arrays and motion control emitter arrays. A controller activates the emitter arrays according to a treatment program. The device uses high flux emitter arrays to produce sufficient power. The treatment program may be varied depending on patient needs and/or prescription, including length of treatment, intensity, modulation, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Maurice Bales, Leonard Mario Saputo, Martin James Bales
  • Publication number: 20090036957
    Abstract: A treatment device includes a plurality of photon emitter arrays directed toward treatment points on a patient's body. The treatment points are at mirror image locations and the emitters are energized in a push-pull on-off fashion. The device is automatic, such that once a patient is inserted, an operator only need to press a single button to perform treatment. The treatment device includes, for example, fixed adjustable emitter arrays and motion control emitter arrays. A controller activates the emitter arrays according to a treatment program. The treatment program may be varied depending on patient needs and/or prescription, including length of treatment, intensity, modulation, etc. The treatment device is preferably applied to foot pain resulting from diabetic neuropathy, but may be applied to other body parts and/or ailments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Maurice Bales, Leonard Mario Saputo, Martin James Bales
  • Publication number: 20070038273
    Abstract: A treatment device includes a plurality of photon emitter arrays directed toward treatment points on a patient's body. The treatment points are at mirror image locations and the emitters are energized in a push-pull on-off fashion. The device is automatic, such that once a patient is inserted, an operator only need to press a single button to perform treatment. The treatment device includes, for example, fixed adjustable emitter arrays and motion control emitter arrays. A controller activates the emitter arrays according to a treatment program. The treatment program may be varied depending on patient needs and/or prescription, including length of treatment, intensity, modulation, etc. The treatment device is preferably applied to foot pain resulting from diabetic neuropathy, but may be applied to other body parts and/or ailments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Maurice Bales, Leonard Saputo, Martin Bales
  • Patent number: 6366802
    Abstract: Photo illumination of sites along a nerve supplying a painful region is conducted one at a time until a thermal image of that region or one related to it shows a significant change in temperature, at which time the treatment is terminated. If it is an extremity (hand or foot) that is has pain symptoms, one extremity is treated by exposing its nerve sites to photo illumination while the other extremity is observed by a thermograph instrument. Use of the thermal image as a feedback technique allows the treatment to be terminated as soon as the favorable temperature change takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Bales Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Constance Haber, Maurice Bales
  • Patent number: 6157854
    Abstract: Photo illumination of sites along a nerve supplying a painful region is conducted one at a time until a thermal image of that region or one related to it shows a significant change in temperature, at which time the treatment is terminated. If it is an extremity (hand or foot) that is has pain symptoms, one extremity is treated by exposing its nerve sites to photo illumination while the other extremity is observed by a thermograph instrument. Use of the thermal image as a feedback technique allows the treatment to be terminated as soon as the favorable temperature change takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Bales Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Constance Haber, Maurice Bales