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AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorHendrik J. Vreman
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Eye shades to reduce phototherapy light exposure to the eyes of a jaundiced person during a phototherapy session are provided. The shades includes a flexible and soft frame that can be placed against the face of a jaundiced person. At least one light-absorbing filter capable of filtering phototherapy light to both eyes of the person is affixed to the frame. The light-absorbing filter is a light intensity reduction filter of the blue-to-yellow light or the blue light from the phototherapy light. Advantages of the phototherapy shades presented herein exist due to the ability of patients to see their surroundings during phototherapy and caregivers to observe newborn's state of alertness.
Phototherapy eye shades, comprising a frame sized to be wearable on a person's head, wherein said frame comprises at least one light-absorbing filter capable of filtering phototherapy light to both eyes of said person and wherein said light-absorbing filter is a light intensity reduction filter of the blue-to-yellow light or the blue light from said phototherapy light.
A method of reducing phototherapy light exposure to the eyes of a jaundiced person during a phototherapy session, comprising the step of having said jaundiced person wear a frame during said phototherapy session, wherein said frame comprises at least one light-absorbing filter capable of filtering phototherapy light to both eyes of said person and wherein said light-absorbing filter is a light intensity reduction filter of the blue-to-yellow light or the blue light from said phototherapy light.
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