Light therapy platform system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744378-B2
Application number	US-201514688466-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2015
Priority date	Sep 8, 2011
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

Phototherapy systems comprising a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly including a reflective surface facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps and associated circuitry are disposed 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, and the device is mounted to the user with a frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A phototherapy device comprising:
a wearable therapeutic lamp platform including a plurality of radiant lamps emitting radiant energy at two or more wavelengths and a reflective wall including a plurality of radiant energy communication areas aligned with the plurality of radiant lamps and disposed to communicate the radiant energy to a user treatment area associated with a user, and wherein the reflective wall is further formed to disperse over the user treatment area radiant energy reflected from the user treatment area back to the user treatment area;
a frame supporting the therapeutic lamp platform on the user and positioning the therapeutic lamp platform on the user, the frame positioning the reflective wall from the user treatment area at a distance spaced from a nose of the user; and
a controller operatively associated with the therapeutic lamp platform, the controller configured to control a dosage session of the radiant energy communicated to the user treatment area, the dosage session controlled to provide a predetermined amount of the radiant energy to the user treatment area for a predetermined duration of time, and the controller configured to administer a fixed predetermined number of equivalent dosage sessions providing the predetermined amount of the radiant energy to the user treatment area for the predetermined duration of time.

2. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radiant energy communication areas include a plurality of apertures disposed on the reflective wall.

3. The phototherapy device according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of apertures include a plurality of through-holes disposed on the reflective wall.

4. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , further comprising an outer wall spaced from the reflective wall, wherein the plurality of radiant lamps are interposed between the outer wall and the reflective wall.

5. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the two or more wavelengths includes at least two of red, blue and infrared.

6. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective wall has a parabolic bias for the dispersing of the radiant energy across the user treatment area.

7. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame includes an eyeglass frame.

8. The phototherapy device according to claim 7 , wherein the eyeglass frame includes an eye shielding lens.

9. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is operatively associated with a counter display, and the controller is configured to display on the counter display a number of remaining dosage sessions available to be provided by the therapeutic lamp platform.

10. The phototherapy device according to claim 7 , wherein the eyeglass frame includes an eye shielding cover.

11. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame includes goggles.

12. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective wall includes one or both of a reflective coating and a reflective film.

13. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective wall includes a smooth and seamless wall surface oriented towards the user treatment area.

14. The phototherapy device according to claim 1 , wherein the therapeutic lamp platform adjusts to a size of the user treatment area by flexing with the frame as it is attached to the user.

15. A phototherapy device comprising:
a wearable therapeutic lamp platform including a plurality of radiant lamps emitting radiant energy at one or more wavelengths and a reflective wall with a plurality of radiant energy communication areas aligned with the radiant lamps and disposed to communicate the radiant energy to a user treatment area, and wherein the reflective wall includes one or more areas to prevent radiant energy transmission through the reflective wall from the radiant lamps and a plurality of other areas corresponding to the plurality of radiant energy communication areas which allow transmission of the radiant energy through the reflective wall from the radiant lamps and wherein the reflective wall is further formed to disperse over the user treatment area radiant energy reflected from the user treatment area back to the user treatment area;
a frame supporting the therapeutic lamp platform on the user and positioning the therapeutic lamp platform on the user, the frame positioning the reflective wall from the user treatment area at a distance spaced from a nose of the user; and
a controller operatively associated with the therapeutic lamp platform, the controller configured to control a dosage session of the radiant energy communicated to the user treatment area, the dosage session controlled to provide a predetermined amount of the radiant energy to the user treatment area for a predetermined duration of time, and the controller configured to administer a fixed predetermined number of equivalent dosage sessions providing the predetermined amount of the radiant energy to the user treatment area for the predetermined duration of time.

16. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the controller is operatively associated with a counter display, and the controller is configured to display on the counter display a number of remaining dosage sessions available to be provided by the therapeutic lamp platform.

17. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the radiant energy communication areas include a plurality of apertures disposed on the reflective wall.

18. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , further comprising an outer wall spaced from the reflective wall, wherein the plurality of radiant lamps are interposed between the outer wall and the reflective wall.

19. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the reflective wall has a parabolic bias for the dispersing of the radiant energy across the user treatment area.

20. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the frame includes an eyeglass frame.

21. The phototherapy device according to claim 20 , wherein the eyeglass frame includes an eye shielding lens.

22. The phototherapy device according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of apertures include a plurality of through-holes disposed on the reflective wall.

23. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the one or more wavelengths includes at least two of red, blue and infrared.

24. The phototherapy device according to claim 20 , wherein the eyeglass frame includes an eye shielding cover.

25. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the frame includes goggles.

26. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the reflective wall includes one or both of a reflective coating and a reflective film.

27. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the reflective wall includes a smooth and seamless wall surface oriented towards the user treatment area.

28. The phototherapy device according to claim 15 , wherein the therapeutic lamp platform adjusts to a size of the user treatment area by flexing with the frame as it is attached to the user.

Assignees

• Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc

Inventors

• Tapper Jay
• Blaustein Lawrence A
• Shuter David
• Freitag Eric
• Althoff Charles Peter
• Bramley Alistair Douglas
• Shuter Daniel Joseph
• Lorenc Zbigniew Paul
• Zadeh Allen

Classifications

• A61B2018/00642

  with feedback, i.e. closed loop control · CPC title

• A61B2018/00791

  Temperature · CPC title

• A61B2090/0803

  Counting the number of times an instrument is used · CPC title

• A61N2005/0659

  infrared · CPC title

• A61N2005/0626

  Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods · CPC title