Irradiating device and irradiation method

A device for an application of directed actinic radiation to a subject, said device comprising:

• an exposition tunnel being capable of surrounding said subject to be exposed to said actinic radiation, said exposition tunnel being formed of one semi-cylinder barrel-shape first surface made of a material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, and of at least one second surface made of said material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, said at least one second surface being capable of complementing the first surface in forming said exposition tunnel;
• the surfaces of said exposition tunnel separating an inner space where said subject is exposed to said actinic radiation, from outer spaces where a plurality of radiation sources capable of emitting actinic radiation through said surfaces are mounted;
• said outer spaces being housed in at least first and second parts of a chassis of the device and comprising
• means for fixedly holding, and electrically and electronically operating, said plurality of radiation sources;
• means providing said at least first and second parts of the chassis with electric power;
• means capable of ventilating, heating and/or cooling the device;
• and
• means for the operation of the device, including a processing unit;
• said first and second parts of the chassis of the device being configured to complement each other in forming the outer shape of the device by being configured to hingedly move away from, and towards, each other;
• said device further comprising at least one further outer space separated from said inner space and located at at least one longitudinal end of the exposition tunnel,
• said at least one further outer space housing a plurality of additional radiation sources configured to emit actinic radiation towards the subject in a direction forming a preferably acute angle with a longitudinal axis of the device,
• wherein at least one of the radiation sources and the additional radiation sources comprise at least one LED.

A device for an application of directed actinic radiation to a subject, said device comprising:

• an exposition tunnel being capable of surrounding said subject to be exposed to said actinic radiation, said exposition tunnel being formed of one semi-cylinder barrel-shape first surface made of a material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, and of at least one second surface made of said material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, said at least one second surface being capable of complementing the first surface in forming said exposition tunnel;
• the first and second surfaces of said exposition tunnel separating an inner space where said subject is exposed to said actinic radiation, from outer spaces where a plurality of radiation sources capable of emitting actinic radiation through said first and second surfaces in a radial direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the exposition tunnel;
• said outer spaces being housed in at least first and second parts of a chassis of the device;
• said first and second parts of the chassis of the device being configured to complement each other in forming the outer shape of the device by being configured to hingedly move away from, and towards, each other;
• wherein said device comprises at least one further outer space separated from said inner space and located at a longitudinal end of the exposition tunnel,
• wherein said at least one further outer space houses a plurality of additional radiation sources configured to emit radiation towards the subject in an axial direction substantially perpendicular to said radial direction,
• wherein at least the additional radiation sources comprise a plurality of LEDs arranged in an LED array,
• wherein the LED array is connected to a narrow space light appliance cooling system comprising heat pipes for cooling the LED array,
• such the heat generated by the LEDs is transferred by said heat pipes to a heat sink arranged distant from the LEDs.

A device for an application of directed actinic radiation to a subject, said device comprising:

• an exposition tunnel being capable of surrounding said subject to be exposed to said actinic radiation, said exposition tunnel being formed of one semi-cylinder barrel-shape first surface made of a material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, and of at least one second surface made of said material substantially permeable to said actinic radiation to be applied to the subject, said at least one second surface being capable of complementing the first surface in forming said exposition tunnel;
• the first and second surfaces of said exposition tunnel separating an inner space where said subject is exposed to said actinic radiation, from outer spaces where a plurality of radiation sources capable of emitting actinic radiation through at least one of said first and second surfaces are mounted;
• said outer spaces being housed in at least first and second parts of a chassis of the device;
• said first and second parts of the chassis of the device being configured to complement each other in forming the outer shape of the device by being configured to hingedly move away from, and towards, each other;
• said device further comprising at least one further outer space separated from said inner space and located at a longitudinal end of the exposition tunnel,
• said at least one further outer space housing a plurality of additional radiation sources configured to emit actinic radiation towards the subject in a direction forming at least one of a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the device and a second angle with the radiation of said plurality of radiation sources,
• wherein at least one of the radiation sources and the additional radiation sources comprise a plurality of LEDs arranged in a LED array and a plurality of reflectors arranged in a reflector array,
• wherein each reflector of the plurality of reflectors is assigned to one LED of the plurality of LEDs,
• wherein the plurality of LEDs is configured to emit said actinic radiation, and wherein the reflector collimates the actinic radiation emitted by the LED toward said subject.