Lamp And Casing Patents (Class 607/90)
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Patent number: 8795344Abstract: A basic idea of the invention is to categorize color of light into groups on the basis of dominant wavelength. After the colors have been categorized into different groups, a particular group of colors may be selected on the basis of a predetermined criterion, one criterion being that an individual is to perceive the ambient temperature as higher than it actually is, while another criterion may be that the individual is to perceive the ambient temperature as lower than it actually is. Thereafter, a control signal is generated for controlling the dominant wavelength of light emitted from at least one light source in accordance with the selected group of colors. Finally, the generated control signal is transmitted to the light source(s) to be controlled, for emitting light of the selected group of colors, thereby influencing the thermoregulation of an individual being exposed to the light of the selected group of colors on the basis of the predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Simone Helena Maria Poort, Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen
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Patent number: 8790382Abstract: A laser therapy device, including: a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam; a lens that is adapted to receive the beam directly from the laser diode and exploit the natural divergence of the laser diode to form an essentially coherent monochromatic, collimated beam; wherein the formed beam is adapted to form on a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam an elongated illuminated area in which the length of the illuminated area is at least twice the size of the width of the illuminated area; a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode; an encasement enclosing the laser diode, the lens and the controller; wherein the encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Yonatan Gerlitz
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Publication number: 20140206947Abstract: The current invention discloses a treatment device having a heat source, a power source, a heat applicator and a lighting mechanism. The power source includes at least one battery having superior properties such as prolonged electricity production and prompt recharging. The heat applicator includes a heat conductive layer made from nanofibers, providing highly efficient heat distribution to the targeted regions. The lighting mechanism employs light emitting nano fibers to treat targeted regions. The power source provides energy to the light source, which generates light so that the applicator may distribute to an injury site or wound bed of a user. The heat source may be an exothermic chemical reaction designed to last for several hours supplying heat to the treatment device or an electronically produced heat. The treatment device further comprises a plurality of electrodes for electrical stimulation treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Jonathan Isserow, Laura Isserow
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Publication number: 20140207212Abstract: The current invention discloses a treatment device having a heat source, a power source, a heat applicator and a lighting mechanism. The power source includes at least one nanotech battery, ensuring superior properties such as prolonged electricity production and prompt recharging. The heat applicator includes a heat conductive layer made from nanofibers, providing highly efficient heat distribution to the targeted regions. The lighting mechanism employs light emitting nano fibers to treat targeted regions. The power source provides energy to the light source, which generates light so that the applicator may distribute to an injury site or wound bed of a user. The heat source may be an exothermic chemical reaction designed to last for several hours supplying heat to the treatment device or a electronically produced heat. In addition to the medical utilizations, the current device may also play a central role in other apparatus that require thermal control or lighting capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Jonathan Isserow, Laura Isserow
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Patent number: 8784461Abstract: A hand-held self-contained nerve-stimulation device and method using light to provide a source of precise stimulation on one or more nerve fibers. In some embodiments, this simulation is provided through a device and method wherein a laser- or LED-light source is mounted to the handpiece. Light is passed from the light source through optical tip to simulate nerves. In some embodiments, the device is constructed from non-magnetic material such as glass, plastic or ceramics. In some embodiments, the light emanating from the optical tip can be controlled manually or automatically. In some embodiments, the handpiece contains a self-contained power source, such as batteries. In some embodiments, the handpiece is at least in part, activated by remote control in order to prevent moving the handpiece during activation. Some embodiments include a unit operable to sense a response of nerve stimulation and to suppress a laser-ablation surgery operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: James S. Webb, Charles I. Miyake, Mark P. Bendett, Charles A. Lemaire
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Patent number: 8778003Abstract: Disclosed is a skin treatment device for personal use. The device includes an optical radiation providing module operating in pulsed or continuous operation mode, a mechanism for continuously displacing the device across the skin, and a device displacement speed monitoring arrangement. When the device is applied to skin, the optical pulses repetition rate establishes the power of the optical radiation as a function of the device displacement speed. The device a hair removal mechanism configured to mechanically remove hair from the treated segment of the skin.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Syneron Medical LtdInventors: Shimon Eckhouse, Tuvia Dror Kutscher, Boris Vaynberg
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Publication number: 20140194957Abstract: Ophthalmic treatment systems and methods of using the systems are disclosed. The ophthalmic treatment systems include (a) a light source device; (b) at least one optical treatment head operatively coupled to the light source device, comprising a light source array, and providing at least one treatment light; and (c) a light control device, which (i) provides patterned or discontinuous treatment light projection onto an eye (e.g., the cornea and/or sclera of an eye); or (ii) adjusts intensity of part or all of the light source array, providing adjusted intensity treatment light projection onto an eye (e.g., the cornea and/or sclera of an eye). The at least one treatment light promotes corneal and/or scleral collagen cross-linking.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: CXL Ophthalmics, LLCInventors: Roy S. Rubinfeld, Sandy T. Feldman, Kevin E. Daly, Raymond A. Hartman
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Publication number: 20140194956Abstract: A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a waveguide. The waveguide is adjacent the source, receives electromagnetic radiation from the source, and delivers the electromagnetic radiation to the biological tissue. The handpiece also includes a system for circulating a fluorescent substance through the waveguide. The fluorescent substance is capable of modulating at least one property of the electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventor: Morgan Lars Ake Gustavsson
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Patent number: 8771328Abstract: Phototherapy systems comprising a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly comprising a first wall to which the lamps are affixed thereto and a second wall, closer to the patient, spaced from the first wall wherein the lamps are recessed relative thereto. The second wall comprises a reflective surface facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs on the first wall for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps and associated circuitry are disposed between the first and second wall so that the reflective surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The walls have a malleable rigidity for flexible adjustability relative to the user. The device is mounted to the user with a frame comprising an eyeglass frame or goggles including lenses for shielding the user's eyes from lamp radiation.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: La Lumiere LLCInventors: Jay Tapper, Lawrence A. Blaustein, David Shuter, Eric Freitag, Charles Peter Althoff, Alistair Bramley, Allen Zadeh, Daniel Joseph Shuter, Zbigniew Paul Lorenc
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Patent number: 8771327Abstract: A device for stimulating hair growth applied to a user's scalp. The device includes a housing. A plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the housing operable to emit non-coherent light, the non-coherent light having at least two intensity peaks. A plurality of pairs of teeth extending from the housing, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed between each pair of teeth; and wherein each of the plurality of pairs of teeth parts the user's hair to expose the scalp.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Lexington LaserComb IPAGInventors: Henry Pearl, David Michael Sinofsky
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Publication number: 20140163650Abstract: A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a waveguide. The waveguide is adjacent the source, receives electromagnetic radiation from the source, and delivers the electromagnetic radiation to the biological tissue. The handpiece also includes a system for moving a fluorescent substance through the waveguide. The fluorescent substance includes a fluid base and a fluorescing agent and is capable of modulating at least one property of the electromagnetic radiation. A method is described for removing the fluorescing agent from the fluorescing substance and replacing it with a second, different fluorescing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventor: Morgan Lars Ake Gustavsson
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Publication number: 20140163651Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological compositions and substrates, containing a NIR light-emitting material, and methods for stimulating healing and/or regenerative properties in the skin, hair and/or scalp are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ELC Management LLCInventor: William Robert Bickford
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Publication number: 20140148879Abstract: A light and bioelectric therapy pad that delivers light and bioelectric stimulation to adjacent tissue. The therapy pad includes an electrical tracing circuit containing elongated, parallel and spaced-apart approximate linear tracings (ALT) that provide current flow in opposite directions along the ALT during alternating positive and negative drive cycles of an alternating current (AC) supply. The ALT includes first and second header tracings wired to a row of light emitting diodes (LEDs), with the anodes of a first group of LEDs wired to the first header tracing, and the anodes of the remaining LEDs wired to the second header tracing. The ALTs are wired into the circuit with current flowing to the first header tracing at one end of the row of LEDs, and to the second header tracing at the opposite end, so that adjacent ALT provide current flow in opposite directions during both positive and negative drive cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventor: STEVEN H. MERSCH
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Patent number: 8734498Abstract: A method of treating disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures in the basal prefrontal cortex.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
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Publication number: 20140142665Abstract: A light applicator configured for contacting a portion of a subject's body surface and applying light irradiation thereto for lipolysis of target tissue underlying the subject's body surface is provided. The light applicator includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on the substrate. A beam divergence of each of the plurality of LEDs is in the range of 50 to 70 steridian. The plurality of LEDs is arranged such that their emitted light beams overlap during transmission to a target tissue underlying the subject's body surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: YOLO Medical Inc.Inventor: Bruce J. Sand
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Publication number: 20140135874Abstract: A bandage, band-aid, patch, or similar covering with a plurality of LEDs or pico-LEDs arranged on the interior of the device in proximity to the skin of the user when applied. The device may be of any size or shape, including an oval, rectangle, square, or typical “band-aid.” Power is supplied by one or more batteries or other power source, which may include solar power or a power source powered by contact with the skin of the user. The battery may be a flexible thin film battery. Hydrogel may be used for cooling and moisturizing, which promotes cellular and vascular recovery, and also may serve as an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Inventors: MONICA DEAN, MATTHEW DEAN
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Publication number: 20140135875Abstract: An apparatus for relaxing smooth muscles of a human body, capable of directly radiating light having a predetermined wavelength range for inducing relaxation of the smooth muscles onto acupuncture points related to an organ consisting of smooth muscles via an electrode probe. The apparatus includes a controller body to determine whether a light radiation mode is selected and an operation is started through a direct manipulation using a switch, and output an LED driving signal to an electrode probe connection terminal; and wired and wireless electrode probes to be attached to/detached from the terminal to be electrically connected to/disconnected from the controller body, and to be driven by the driving signal to emit light having a predetermined wavelength range which increases concentration of a material for relaxing the muscles. Accordingly, the apparatus promotes blood and lymph circulation in an organ consisting of smooth muscles by relaxing those muscles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: COLOR SEVEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Nam Gyun Kim, Kyoung Jun Park
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Patent number: 8721698Abstract: A light therapy device is taught including a light emitting assembly having light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source. The light emitting assembly capable of generating 2,500 lux to 7,500 lux at 12 inches.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: The Litebook Company Ltd.Inventors: Larry V. Pederson, Clayton G. Coffey, Henry Hudema
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Patent number: 8721697Abstract: A handpiece having a shell for removably housing a cartridge with a window having a light source and a cooling circuit thereof as well as a cover. A light guide connects the light source to the surface of the skin. The position of the cartridge is defined by a base having cartridge connection members and by a guiding surface having one end corresponding to the base and sides defining lateral guide rails around the position of the light guide. The cartridge is in the form of a planar housing having one end bearing a transverse assembly plate provided with connection members homologous to those of the base, and the sides include guiding ribs interacting with the lateral rails.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: DermeoInventors: Christophe Hottinger, Pascale Tannous
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Publication number: 20140128942Abstract: A light-emitting device is disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements or light sources and a flexible pad for position and conforming the light-emitting device to a portion of the body, wherein the flexible pad further comprises a three-dimensional structure having a plurality of protrusions for contacting the skin when the light-emitting device is applied to the skin, a plurality of recesses for creating a clearance between the skin and the flexible pad when the light-emitting device is applied to the skin, and a plurality of apertures for engaging with the plurality of light-emitting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Mathew Lee Bembridge, Guofu Zhou, Jorgen Meeusen, Wouter Petrus Kaandorp
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Patent number: 8715328Abstract: A monocular light source positioning device includes a support member which held on the head of a user to hold an elongated readily bendable but self supporting element having a light source effective to stimulate a photo-endocrine response attached at a free end thereof positioned over or in front of only one eye of the person to provide a method of stimulating a photoendocrine response without interfering with the principal field of view of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Inventor: Ernesto Gerardo
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Publication number: 20140121731Abstract: An extra-oral light therapy device comprises a support that registers against features of a patient's head. A light source is mounted to the support. The light source may comprise an array of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). A controller controls the extra-oral light therapy device. The support may comprise a tray fitted to the patient's teeth or a head-set fitted to the patient's ears and the bridge of the patient's nose. An external light therapy device has a thin, molded substrate, at least one array of light emitters mounted onto the thin, molded substrate, an attaching means for removably attaching the device to an area of treatment, and a controller for controlling the external light therapy device. Methods for supporting light sources adjacent desired treatment locations and for treating jaw bone disorders and jaw osteonecrosis and biostimulating bone and soft tissue are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: BIOLUX RESEARCH LTD.Inventor: Peter Robert Brawn
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Patent number: 8709056Abstract: This invention discloses a phototherapy apparatus for biological tissue (preferably skin tissue) treatment. The phototherapy apparatus comprises one or more light sources and a built-in ultrasonic imaging module. The ultrasonic imaging module provides a high-resolution image of the biological tissue from its surface layer to a depth of a few centimeters. The image is utilized to optimize the phototherapy procedure in parameters such as light intensity, wavelength, spot size, divergence angle, duration, repetition rate, duty cycle, etc. and to evaluate the effectiveness of the phototherapy procedure.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: BWT Property IncInventor: Sean Xiaolu Wang
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Patent number: 8702769Abstract: A technique for detecting and providing alerts or indications that can be used for controlling or altering the displacement speed of an applicator coupling skin heating energy across a treated skin. A temperature sensor monitors the rate of skin temperature change and provides feedback related to altering the applicator displacement speed according to the rate of skin temperature change. Disclosed is also an applicator for implementing this method.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Syneron Medical LtdInventors: Shimon Eckhouse, Lion Flyash, Boris Vaynberg
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Patent number: 8701675Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for treating spinal cord injury. Techniques include using a diode laser assembly, a power source, a fiber optic cable, and a fenestrated tip. The power source can be connected to the diode laser assembly, with a fiber optic cable connected to the diode laser assembly. The fenestrated tip is connected to the fiber optic cable to emit a plurality of laser light beams produced by the diode laser assembly at a location remote from the diode laser assembly. The apparatus can be used in a method for treating a spinal cord injury. The method is carried out by providing a source of laser light having a wavelength in the range of 500-1000 nm and a power in the range of 5 to 500 milliwatts. The laser light is transmitted through an optical wire to a position adjacent a spinal cord injury site, with at least a portion of the apparatus positioned within a human body. The spinal cord injury site is then irradiated with laser light from the optical wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Inventors: Samuel D. Schenker, Arthur Dale Ericsson
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Publication number: 20140107737Abstract: An apparatus for inhibiting melatonin synthesis in a horse comprises a blinker having an internal surface of which at least a part is diffusing. A source of light is positioned for direction into the horse's eye by the diffusing-surface. The light source and diffusing surface are configured such that the light directed into the horse's eye is blue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, DublinInventors: Barbara Murphy, John Sheridan
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Patent number: 8696652Abstract: A light therapy device for applying an image produced from a therapeutically effective aqueous liquid, is provided. The device includes a slide, prepared by Kirlian and/or corona discharge photography, of a sample of an aqueous liquid removed from a liquid-retaining body and mixed with ethanol, and a projection device with a light device which emits visible light and is designed to project the slide onto an object, in particular a living being, in such a way that a sample of the liquid contained in a container which is permeable to and can be irradiated by the visible light is arranged in a light path between a unit, which holds the slide, of the projection device and the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventor: Andreas Korte
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Patent number: 8690933Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reducing effects of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a subject. The method includes identifying, on the subject, a body region affected by RLS, placing an emitter unit in direct contact with skin of the body region, wherein the emitter unit includes at least one emitter that emits near-infrared light, and activating the emitter to emit an effective amount of near-infrared light for inducing release of nitric oxide from hemoglobin or generation in the endothelium. Also disclosed is an emitter unit that is placed in direct contact with a subject's skin associated with RLS to reduce the effects of RLS. The emitter unit emits an effective amount of near-infrared light directed to the subject's skin to induce release of nitric oxide from hemoglobin or generation in the endothelium, and a module configured to toggle the emitter unit between a transmitting and a nontransmitting mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Brigham Young UniversityInventor: Ulrike Mitchell
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Publication number: 20140088668Abstract: Provided is a color light therapy device. The color light therapy device includes: a body that is used by being attached to a color light therapy portion of a human body by using a double-sided adhesive tape, a hydrogel pad, or an air suction plate, and includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that supplies driving power to a light source that emits color light in a given wavelength range to perform color light therapy on the human body; and a power jack that is connected to the PCB of the body through an electric wire. Since a user may use the color light therapy device by connecting the power jack to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a vehicle, or a socket at home while carrying the color light therapy device, anyone may conveniently use the color light therapy device to perform color light therapy on the human body without exchanging or charging a battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: COLOR SEVEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Nam Gyun Kim, Kyong Jun Park
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Publication number: 20140081359Abstract: A light applicator configured for contacting a portion of a subject's body surface and applying light irradiation thereto for lipolysis of target tissue underlying the subject's body surface is provided. The light applicator includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on the substrate. A beam divergence of each of the plurality of LEDs is in the range of 50 to 70 steradian. The plurality of LEDs is arranged such that their emitted light beams overlap during transmission to a target tissue underlying the subject's body surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventor: Bruce J. SAND
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Patent number: 8672987Abstract: Handpiece formed of a shell with a handgrip connected to a bundle of electrical power supply cables and of heat transfer fluid tubes and a head, accommodating a cartridge fitted with the controlled light source and with a light guide fed from the light source and the outlet surface of which constitutes the surface via which the light signal is emitted towards the surface of the skin that is to be treated. It comprises a housing, made in the shell, arriving under the emission surface of the cartridge and equipped with guide means and clip-fastening members. An interchangeable optical unit carrying the light guide is fitted removably into the housing. This optical unit has a casing accepting the light guide and equipped with guiding and clip-fastening surfaces to collaborate with the guide means and the retractable clip-fastening members belonging to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: DormedInventors: Christophe Hottinger, Pascale Tannous
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Publication number: 20140074194Abstract: Provided are dermatological medical devices and methods comprising a distal end for positioning at a region proximal a target therapeutic region of tissue, an output port at the distal end, an energy source that generates optical energy, which is output from the output port to the target therapeutic region of tissue, and a control device that controls the optical energy at the target therapeutic region of tissue for increasing a temperature of the target therapeutic region of tissue for a period of time to a temperature that is less than an injurying temperature and induces an expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) at the target therapeutic region of tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Dermal Photonics CorporationInventors: Paul Dunleavy, Vladimir Krylov
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Publication number: 20140067024Abstract: A photodynamic therapy lamp includes two lamp modules comprising an array of LEDs. Each of the lamp modules is movable between a first position in which an angle between the lamp modules is from 157 degrees to 180 degrees, and a second position in which the angle between the lamp modules is from 50 degrees to 70 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: PHOTOCURE ASAInventors: Ross Peter JONES, Michael John COX, Euan MORRISON
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Publication number: 20140066974Abstract: The present invention relates to a menstrual pain treatment device, which is used bu being brought into close contact with a menstrual pain treatment area of the body or by being attached to a color light treatment area of the body using a double-sided adhesive tape or a hydro gel pad, and which comprises a pad- or patch-shaped main body for accommodating a battery and a PCB having a light source, a light source operation controller, and a treatment device operation button. The present invention treats menstrual pain by concentrating a colored light for treats menstrual pain by concentrating a colored light for treating menstrual pain on the menstrual pain treatment area of the body through the light emitting outlet in the patch-shaped main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: COLOR SEVEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyong Jun Park
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Publication number: 20140052222Abstract: A light therapy device and method of treatment are disclosed. The light therapy device includes a housing, a light source, a power source, a vial, and a vial holder. LED light will shine through the vial containing an aqueous solution where the light will acquire the signature of the aqueous fluid. A method for the treatment of an ailment where LED light is transmitted through a solution and transmitted to a target source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Michael K. Thomas
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Patent number: 8652188Abstract: To provide a light irradiation device capable of easily removing and reducing hair with low power light without burden on skin. The light irradiation device according to the present invention includes a light source giving pulses of light in a wavelength range from 400 to 1200 nm and a light guide distributing the pulses of light given from the light source with energy intensity of 0.2 to 10 J/cm2 at a predetermined distance from the light outgoing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Chosei Hamada, Masako Yamasaki, Takashi Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20140046241Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cosmetic treatment of non-acneic oily skin, comprising the step consisting in: exposing said non-acneic oily skin to a first quasi-monochromatic light of artificial origin having a dominant wavelength peak between 300 and 700 nm, better still between 400 and 650 nm, even better still between 560 and 620 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Corinne Granger, Helene Pernot
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Publication number: 20140039582Abstract: An illumination device comprises a housing, a power supply and at least one light source powered by the power supply. The at least one light source is adapted to emit radiation from the housing at one or more therapeutic wavelengths. The illumination device is positioned in proximity to an area for applying radiation to the area for a time and intensity sufficient to have a bacteriocidal effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Jay Wilson, Kevin Brown, Ringo Wan Chan Yen, Isaac Odim
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Publication number: 20140031906Abstract: Disclosed is a portable phototherapy device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength and intensity sufficient to obtain a desired phototherapeutic effect to a subject, without being in direct physical contact with said subject. The device is portable, capable of being flattened, folded, rolled, compressed, or otherwise collapsed, to a size smaller than that of its operating size. The device may be of any size or shape, and may optionally comprise a frame support. The device may be powered by a variety of sources, including one or more batteries. The device may be configured to deliver electromagnetic radiation sufficient to obtain one or more of a variety of desired phototherapeutic effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventor: Donna J. BREZINSKI
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Patent number: 8632576Abstract: A system for treatment of a wound area of a patient including a first treatment pad comprising a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for cleaning and exposing a wound area to ultraviolet light, a second treatment pad comprising removal ports for exposing the wound area to a negative pressure, and a control unit interoperably connected to the first and second treatment pads for providing a negative pressure and the ultraviolet light to the wound area.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: ThermoTek, Inc.Inventor: Tony Quisenberry
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Publication number: 20140018886Abstract: A liquid-containing heat filter for use with a high-intensity light, said liquid-containing heat filter comprising a substantially hollow reservoir for receiving heat-filtering liquid therein, the reservoir comprising a first optically transparent member, a second optically transparent member, and a peripheral frame for receiving and retaining said first optically transparent member and said second optically transparent member, heat-filtering liquid disposed in said substantially hollow reservoir, and a first resiliently deformable member interposed in trapped relation between the first optically transparent member and a first portion of said peripheral frame, wherein, in use, when the heat-filtering liquid in the reservoir raises in temperature due to the heating effect of the high-intensity light, the first resiliently deformable member is compressed to thereby allow the outward movement of the first optically transparent member due to expansion of the heat-filtering liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: GENESIS HEALTH LIGHT CORPORATIONInventor: Thomas Kerber
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Publication number: 20140005590Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable light pen dispensing device comprising: a housing, an electronics module located in said housing and comprising a light source capable of irradiating skin and stimulating regeneration of the skin to treat skin disorders, a battery for powering the electronics module, wherein the light source comprises one or more LEDs, wherein the electronics module comprises drive means arranged to control the operation of the light source to emit light in a mixed driving mode so as to limit the temperature of the LED while ensuring a sufficient fluency allowing for the skin to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Aptar France S.A.S.Inventors: Amir Feriani, Cédric Zaugg, Luciano Cravero, Frédéric Duquet
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Publication number: 20140005757Abstract: A cartridge, medical apparatus and method are disclosed. The cartridge and a holding element are for operable connection with each other to form a phototherapy apparatus. The cartridge includes a radiation source for emitting radiation towards an area to be treated of a user; a mount element for positioning the radiation source in a predetermined position relative to the area to be treated; wherein the mount element comprises a locating portion configured for locating the cartridge at a predetermined position with respect to a body portion of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: POLYPHOTONIX LIMITEDInventors: Stuart English, Richard Anthony Kirk, Martin Neil Holland
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Publication number: 20140005756Abstract: A self-contained, hand-held device for providing a dermatological treatment may include a device body configured to be handheld by a user, a radiation source including a beam source configured to generate an energy beam, an application end configured to be manually moved across the surface of the skin, a sensor configured to generate signals based on an interaction with the skin, and electronics configured to automatically identify a series of intrinsic skin features based on the sensor signals, and control at least one operational parameter of the radiation source based at least on the identification of such skin features.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Harvey I-Heng Liu, Tobin C. Island, John P. Beale, David Youngquist, Jay M. Vahlensieck, Mark V. Weckwerth
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Publication number: 20130344454Abstract: The appliance according to the invention for dermatological or cosmetic treatment of a patient comprises a base body (19; 6c19; 59), which has a radiation source (11; 6c11; 21; 41; 61) for emitting light in a wavelength range between 350 nm and 1000 nm. An intermediate piece (15; 6c15, 6c22, 6c23, 6c25; 25; 35; 45; 55; 550, 551; 650) sitting on the base body (19; 6c19; 59) conveys the light from the radiation source (11; 6c11; 21; 41; 61) in the direction of a body region (214) of the patient to be treated. An attachment element (15; 6c15, 6c22, 6c23, 6c25; 25; 35; 45; 55; 550, 551; 650) secured detachably on the light output end of the intermediate piece (15; 6c15, 6c22, 6c23, 6c25; 25; 35; 45; 55; 550, 551; 650) is brought into direct contact with the body region (214) to be treated, in order thereby to introduce a dermatologically or cosmetically active substance (213), during irradiation with the emitted light, into the body region (214) to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventor: Günther Nath
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Publication number: 20130338737Abstract: A light treatment device including an outer housing, a light emitting assembly in the housing and operable to emit light through an opening in the housing, the light emitting assembly including a plurality of LEDs capable of generating light of less than 2,500 lux at 12 inches.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: THE LITEBOOK COMPANY LTD.Inventors: LARRY VERNE PEDERSON, JOEL CLEMENT LEONARD DAVID, DENNIS ROGER FENRICK
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Publication number: 20130338738Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (30) and a corresponding method for cognitive enhancement of a user (21). For effective cognitive enhancement of the user who is going to execute a cognitive activity the proposed device comprises a light unit (31) for providing an imperceptible light stimulation to the user, and a control unit (32) for controlling said light unit (31) to provide said imperceptible light stimulation less than 5 second before the execution of a cognitive activity by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Tsvetomira Kirova Tsoneva, Davide Baldo, Zhu Danhua, Patrick Hans Arvid Gabrielsson
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Publication number: 20130338736Abstract: Light-source treatment devices such as dermatological or cosmetic devices include a skin contacting surface layer that is antimicrobial. The antimicrobial skin contacting surface layer enhances the cleanliness of the device and helps reduce infection and contamination risks associated with use of the devices, particularly where the treatment of multiple individuals occurs. The antimicrobial layer may be titanium dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Harvey I-Heng Liu, Robert Grove, Mark V. Weckwerth
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Patent number: 8608787Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for irradiating tissue (G) with light pulses (L), comprising a housing (2), at least one light source (3) for emitting the light pulses (L) with a wavelength (?) of from 600 nm to 660 run, a modulator (4) and a power stage (6) for generating the light pulses (L), and with an activating element (5). For creating a device (1) which is as small, as cost-efficient and as effective as possible, by which as good a therapy success as possible is achieved in various applications, the modulator (4) is designed for generating the light pulses (L) with a pulse frequency (f) of from 1 to 10 Hz, and the power stage (6) is designed for emitting the light pulses (L) with an energy which causes breaking up of the photosensitizer in the photodynamic therapy and evokes a frequency doubling or a two-photon absorption (TPA) in the tissue (G) when treating inflammations without a sensitizer.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Technische Universitat WienInventor: Walter Toriser
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Patent number: 8608786Abstract: An apparatus for delivering multiple forms of electromagnetic radiation and methods for its use are disclosed. An example embodiment may comprise a radiation unit having one or more light emitting diodes that emit electromagnetic radiation in continuous wave form and one or more laser diodes that emit electromagnetic radiation in continuous wave form. The radiation unit may be connected to a frequency generator that provides a waveform. The waveform may convert the continuous wave output of the laser diodes to pulse wave output, while leaving the continuous wave output of the light emitting diodes unaffected. The frequency generator may cause the emission of an additional electromagnetic field proximate the radiation unit. Associated apparatuses and methods for their use are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Inventor: Dror Irge