Apparatus and method for inhibiting melatonin synthesis in a horse
AssigneeEquilume Limited
InventorsBarbara MURPHY, John SHERIDAN
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Abstract
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.
Claims24
A device for inducing physiological change, the device comprising a mask or a harness, fittable to a head of a horse or to a head of another animal, the device including an artificial blue light source, the device configured to shine blue light from the artificial blue light source into just one eye of the horse or other animal, in which in use the artificial blue light source provides blue light with intensity of at least 10 lux into the just one eye of the horse or other animal, causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production sufficient to induce physiological change.
A system including a device for inducing physiological change, and a control, the device comprising a mask or a harness, fittable to a head of a horse or to a head of another animal, the device including an artificial blue light source, the device configured to shine blue light from the artificial blue light source into just one eye of the horse or other animal, in which in use the artificial blue light source provides blue light with intensity of at least 10 lux into the just one eye of the horse or other animal, causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production sufficient to induce physiological change, wherein the control is configured to turn on the artificial blue light source, and to leave the light source on, so that the horse or other animal receives a combined total of natural and the blue light of at least approximately 16 hours during each 24 hour period.
A device for inducing physiological change, the device comprising a mask or a harness, fittable to a head of a horse or to a head of another animal, the device including an artificial blue light source, the device configured to shine blue light from the artificial blue light source into one eye of the horse or other animal, wherein the light is directed into only a single one of the horse or other animal's eyes at any given time, in which in use the artificial blue light source provides blue light with intensity of at least 10 lux into a single one eye of the horse or other animal, causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production sufficient to induce physiological change.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.