Phototherapy and massage apparatus for treating medical conditions in body cavities
AssigneeBWT Property, Inc.
InventorsBrian Pryor, Sean Xiaolu Wang
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Abstract
A phototherapy and massage apparatus is disclosed for treating medical conditions in a patient's body cavity. The phototherapy and massage apparatus comprises a light source embedded in a hollow massage wand to produce therapeutic light. The massage wand can be inserted into the patient's body cavity to provide mechanical massage to the tissue inside. A portion of the massage wand is substantially transparent to the therapeutic light such that the therapeutic light can transmit through the massage wand to provide phototherapy to the same subject tissue.
Claims8
A phototherapy and massage apparatus for treating tissue inside a patient's body cavity, said phototherapy and massage apparatus comprising:
- a hollow massage wand capable to be inserted into the patient's body cavity for providing mechanical massage to the tissue inside the body cavity;
- at least one light source embedded in said hollow massage wand for producing therapeutic light;
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- a light sensor sensitive to ambient light yet not sensitive to said therapeutic light for controlling said at least one light source to be turned on only inside the patient's body cavity;
- wherein a portion of said hollow massage wand is substantially transparent at wavelengths of said therapeutic light to transmit said therapeutic light for providing phototherapy treatment to the tissue inside the body cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.