# US 12,214,215 B2 · Stimulating device for growth plate > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,215 B2 - Document ID: US12214215B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/414,326 - Filed: 2019-12-10 - Published: 2022-03-10 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-20 - Assignees: Solar Luce Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Solar Luce Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong-Il Kim; Jongwook Kim; Jae Young Kim; Ba Wool Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214215B2 ## CPC - A61N 5/0613: {Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment} - A61H 23/00: Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms {(apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B)} - A61H 23/02: with electric or magnetic drive - A61H 2201/10: with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy - A61H 2201/164: Feet or leg, e.g. pedal - A61H 2201/165: Wearable interfaces - A61H 2201/50: Control means thereof - A61H 2205/102: Knee - A61N 5/067: using laser light - A61N 2005/0645: {Applicators worn by the patient} - A61N 2005/0651: {Diodes} - A61N 2005/0659: {infrared} - A61N 2005/0662: {Visible light} - A61N 2005/0663: {Coloured light} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N) ## Abstract A light source unit not only applies red light and infrared light to promote immediate cellular activity, but also applies the light to a femoral epiphysis area (first area) and a tibial epiphysis area (second area) together so that a stimulating device for a growth plate includes a light source unit that directly emits light of 600 to 1100 nm to a femoral epiphysis area (first area) and a tibial epiphysis area (second area) where the growth plates are distributed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stimulating device for a growth plate comprising: a single pair of side housings (410) configured to wrap around a femoral epiphysis area and a tibial epiphysis area; a rear housing (430) connected to the pair of side housings (410) and configured to cover a rear of the knee, wherein each side housing (410) has one end connected to the rear housing (430) and the other end configured as a free end, so that when the stimulating device is applied, a front of the knee is open, wherein a vertical width of each side housing is longer than a vertical width of the rear housing; a single pair of side pads (420), each side pad attached to an inner surface of each side housing (410) and configured to directly contact the femoral epiphysis area and the tibial epiphysis area; and a single rear pad (440) attached to an inner surface of the rear housing (430) and configured to directly contact a blood vessel area behind the knee, wherein a vertical width of each side pad is longer than a vertical width of the single rear pad, wherein the vertical width of the single rear pad (440) is narrower than a vertical width of the rear housing (430) such that when the single rear pad (440) is configured to directly contact the blood vessel area behind the knee, the single rear pad is configured to protrude inward to support the behind the knee, wherein each side housing (410) and the ear housing (430) include a light source unit (100) configured to emit light of 600 nm to 900 nm directly onto at least one of the femoral epiphysis area, the tibial epiphysis area, and the blood vessel area behind a knee, wherein the light is simultaneously emitted to the femoral epiphysis area and the tibial epiphysis area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 1, wherein the light source unit further comprises a first module disposed in one side surface of the knee of the femoral epiphysis area and the tibial epiphysis area and a second module disposed at an opposite side surface to face the first module, wherein light source devices are disposed in the first module and the second module. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 2, wherein in order to concentrate the light at the growth plates of the femoral epiphysis area and the tibial epiphysis area, the light source devices are disposed in the first module and the second module so that the light emission amounts of the upper and lower parts of the first module and the second module are larger than that of the center thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 1, wherein the light is emitted by a visible light emitting device and a non-visible light emitting device of the light source unit, the visible light emitting device configure to emit red light having a wavelength of 600 nm to 730 nm and the non-visible light emitting device configure to emit infrared light having a wavelength of 750 nm to 900 nm together. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 1, further comprising: a vibration unit located at the single rear pad and configured to apply vibration to any one of the femoral epiphysis area and the tibial epiphysis area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 5, wherein the vibration unit is applied to the blood vessel area behind the knee. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 4, wherein the red light and the infrared light are simultaneously applied to the first area to the blood vessel area behind the knee. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 5, wherein the vibration of the vibration unit and the light emission of the light source unit are alternately or simultaneously performed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 6, wherein the vibration unit for applying the vibration to the blood vessel area behind the knee is formed to connect the first module and the second module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 9, wherein the stimulating device for the growth plate is formed so that the front of the knee is opened. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The stimulating device for the growth plate of claim 5, wherein the stimulating device for the growth plate simultaneously applies the light and the vibration to the first area to the blood vessel area behind the knee.