Fiber optic phototherapy devices including LED light sources
AssigneeLumitex, Inc.
InventorJeffrey B. Williams
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Abstract
Phototherapy devices for phototherapy treatment of a patient include a light emitter for emitting light received from a light source. Means may be provided for increasing the amount of power to the light source in response to a decrease in light output to maintain a substantially constant light output. The light source may be inside a housing and bonded to a heat sink attached to the back side of the housing to dissipate excess heat generated by the light source. Also the light source may comprise at least one LED that generates blue light output bands and at least one other LED that generates other color light output bands that are selectively mixed with the blue light output bands.
Claims10
A phototherapy device for phototherapy treatment of a patient comprising a light emitter for emitting light, the light emitter comprising one or more layers of optical fibers, the optical fibers having end portions extending from at least one end of the light emitter, the end portions being tightly secured together, and at least one light source for focusing light on the end portions for transmission of the light to the light emitter for emission therefrom, wherein the at least one light source is inside a housing and is mounted to a heat sink attached to a back side of the housing to dissipate any excess heat generated by the at least one light source inside the housing.
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