Phototherapy apparatus
AssigneeTeijin Pharma Limited
InventorsTakuya NANJO, Yuki KAWASE, Naoya ISHIBASHI, Takamitsu OKAYAMA
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Abstract
A phototherapy apparatus 1 comprises: a tubular housing 4; a laser light source 6 which is disposed inside the housing 4 and which is configured to emit a laser beam toward a target region from a leading end of the housing; an exhaust port 12 which is provided in a lateral surface of the housing 4; and a shielding part 20 which is provided on the exterior side of the housing 4 so as to block reflected beams R that result from the laser beam unintendedly reflected within the housing 4 and that travel toward the outside through the exhaust port 12.
Claims10
A phototherapy apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a tubular shape;
- a laser light source disposed inside the housing and configured to irradiate a target site with a laser from a distal end of the housing;
- a first opening provided in a side surface of the housing;
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- a shielding unit provided outside the housing and thus blocking reflected light of the laser unintentionally reflected inside the housing and directed toward an outside through the first opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.