Light conductor and treatment for ailments involving the throat
OwnerRobert D. Morganinventor
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Abstract
A device and method for treating a throat includes inserting a device into the mouth and throat of a user where the device has a curved light-collecting face, a first side wall attached to the light-collecting face, a second side wall opposing the first side wall, attached to and extending away from the light-collecting face and converging toward the first side wall, an upper wall attached to the light-collecting face, a lower wall opposing the upper wall and attached to the light-collecting face, where the lower wall includes a first portion converging toward a first portion of the upper wall and a light emitter coupled to the first side wall, the second side wall, the upper wall, and the lower wall.
Claims17
A device for treating a throat, the device comprising:
- a curved light-collecting face;
- a first side wall adjacent the light-collecting face;
- a second side wall opposing the first side wall and adjacent the light-collecting face, both the first side wall and the second side wall extending away from the light-collecting face and converging toward one another;
- an upper wall adjacent the light-collecting face;
- a lower wall opposing the upper wall and adjacent the light-collecting face, the lower and upper walls each including a first portion converging toward one another;
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- a light emitter coupled to the first side and second side walls, the upper wall, and the lower wall, the light emitter including:
- a curved transparent light emitter face;
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- a light dispersing chamber having two opposing side walls diverging away from one another in a direction toward the light emitter face.
A device for treating a throat, the device comprising:
- a light-collecting portion including:
- a curved transparent face;
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall extending away from the face and converging toward the first side wall;
- an upper wall;
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- a lower wall substantially parallel to the upper wall;
- a light-emitting portion including:
- a curved transparent face;
- a pair of diverging side walls;
- an upper wall;
- and
- a lower wall substantially parallel to the upper wall;
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- a light-communication portion optically connecting the transparent face of the light-collecting portion and the transparent face of the light-emitting portion.
A method for treating a throat, the method comprising:
- inserting a light-emitting portion of a throat-treating device into a throat area of a user, the device including:
- a curved light-collecting face;
- a first side wall adjacent the light-collecting face;
- a second side wall opposing the first side wall and adjacent the light-collecting face, both the first side wall and the second side wall extending away from the light-collecting face and converging toward one another;
- an upper wall adjacent the light-collecting face;
- and
- a lower wall opposing the upper wall and adjacent the light-collecting face, the lower and upper walls each including a first portion converging toward one another;
- and
- the light-emitting portion including:
- a curved transparent light emitter face;
- a pair of opposing and diverging side walls;
- an upper wall;
- and
- a lower wall substantially parallel to the upper wall;
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- exposing the light-collecting face of the device to sunlight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.