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US 2014/0148879 A1Published application
Light and bioelectric therapy pad
AssigneePoint Source Limited
InventorSTEVEN H. MERSCH
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InventorSTEVEN H. MERSCH
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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.
A light and bioelectric therapy pad for providing light stimulation and bioelectric stimulation to adjacent bodily tissue, including:
An approximate linear tracing (ALT) that directs current flow in one direction along the ALT during the positive drive cycle of an alternating current (AC), and current flow in the opposite direction along the ALT during the negative drive cycle of the AC, the ALT including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in a row having a first end and an opposite second end, the plurality of LEDs in the row being wired in parallel between a first header tracing and a second header tracing, the plurality of LEDs including a first group of one or more LEDs arranged in a first direction wherein an anode of the LEDs of the first group is wired to the first header tracing and a cathode of the LEDs of the first group is wired to the second header tracing, and a second group of one or more LEDs arranged in a second direction wherein a cathode of the LEDs of the second group is wired to the first header tracing and the anode of the LEDs of the second group is wired to the second header tracing, and further including a first current supply tracing connected to the first header tracing at the first end of the row of LEDs, and a second current supply tracing connected to the second header tracing at the opposite second end of the row of LEDs.
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