Patent classifications
A61N2005/0658
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY TREATMENT SUPPORT DEVICE
A photodynamic therapy treatment support device is provided with a light source and a distribution information output unit. The light source irradiates a photosensitive substance administered to a body of a subject with light of a specific wavelength bandwidth having energy capable of generating fluorescence from the photosensitive substance without advancing necroses of tumor cells. The distribution information output unit outputs information on a distribution state of the fluorescence generated from the photosensitive substance, based on the fluorescence generated from the photosensitive substance.
LASER DEVICE FOR SKIN TREATMENT CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING WAVELENGTH OF DIODE LASER AND/OR DURATION OF PULSE
A laser device for skin treatment, includes: a laser generating unit including one or a plurality of diode lasers configured to generate a diode laser pulse, one or a plurality of diode laser drivers each arranged to correspond to the diode laser and configured to vary diode laser pulses generated from the diode laser into pulses having different durations, a laser amplifying unit configured to amplify the pulse transmitted from the diode laser generating unit, and a controller configured to control the diode laser generating unit and the laser amplifying unit to control a wavelength and intensity of a laser output from the laser amplifying unit.
POLARIZED FLUORESCENT LIGHT THERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD
The present disclosure generally relates to fluorescent light energy system and to methods of using such systems in the modulation of inflammatory response, in particular in inflammatory response associated with healing, and for modulation of a treatment regimen for promoting healing of a wound or a condition of the skin and/or soft tissue.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SKIN CONTACT FOR A PERSONAL CARE DEVICE
According to an aspect, there is provided a system (40) configured to perform a personal care operation on skin of a subject. The system (40) comprises a processing unit (46) and a personal care device (2). The personal care device (2) comprises a housing (4) having an aperture (10) that is arranged in the housing (4) such that the aperture (10) is adjacent to the skin when the personal care device (2) is in contact with the skin and is to be used to perform the personal care operation on the skin. The personal care device (2) also comprises an imaging unit (44) disposed in the housing (4) and arranged to obtain images of the skin adjacent to the aperture (10) using light passing through the aperture (10) into the personal care device (2), wherein, in a skin contact detection mode of the system (40), a focal plane (66) of the imaging unit (44) is aligned with the aperture (10). The processing unit (46) is configured to receive, in the skin contact detection mode, one or more images obtained by the imaging unit (44) in the skin contact detection mode, and to process the one or more images to determine whether the personal care device (2) is in contact with the skin.
EQUIPMENT FOR DESTRUCTION OF CORONAVIRUSES BY MEANS OF COMPLEMENTARY RADIATION
The equipment for the destruction of viruses by means of complementary radiation consists of a technology focused on weakening the fatty layer covering certain viruses, to cause the indirect destruction of them. This technology utilizes intense, modulated light radiation, the principal emitters thereof being 460-nanometers LEDs which, with the technology of the invention, emit secondary radiation in a band ranging from 400 to 460 nanometers, in order to achieve the weakening and destruction of the fatty layer that covers viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. This light radiation is complemented with ultrasound pulses that complete the destructive effect of the interior of the virus. For this purpose, technology involving emission by means of stratified quantum excitation is employed, which uses monochromatic light-emitting diodes to achieve very-high-intensity polychromatic emissions highly controllable regarding tissue penetration.
Device and method to activate cell structures by means of electromagnetic energy
An implantable device for implantation in a human body or animal body. The device includes an energy source, an energy storage device, and an electronics unit. Further, an actuator is coupled with the energy storage device and it is configured to emit electromagnetic waves by discharging the energy storage device.
MULTI-FUNCTION THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
A multi-function therapeutic system comprising a housing having a top portion having a first radiation therapy unit mounted therein for generating and applying light energy to a person, a bottom portion including a hydrogen therapy unit for supplying hydrogen to the person, and an intermediate bed portion disposed between the top portion and bottom portion. The intermediate bed portion includes an electromagnetic therapy unit for generating and applying electromagnetic energy to the person. The system can also include a vibration therapy unit associated with one or more of the bottom portion and the intermediate bed portion for generating and applying vibrational energy to the person, and a control unit for controlling the first radiation therapy unit, the hydrogen therapy unit, the electromagnetic therapy unit, and the sound therapy unit.
Anti-microbial irradiation for percutaneous osseointegrated prostheses (POPs)
An osseointegrated fixture of a percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis (POPs) anchors directly into a bone of a residual limb within an amputation stump. By anchoring directly into the bone, the POPs provides improved mobility, comfort, and function for an amputee, but an interface between an opening in the skin and the osseointegrated fixture, which allows the anchoring directly into the bone, is prone to infection by microbes. An anti-microbial device can be attached to and/or embedded within an extracorporeal portion of the osseointegrated fixture to irradiate at least a portion on the interface with at least one wavelength of light selected for its antimicrobial effects.
LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING CIRCADIAN NEUROENDOCRINE FUNCTION
Lighting systems, methods, and devices for protecting human circadian neuroendocrine function during night use are described. Suitable lighting conditions can be provided for a working environment while protecting the circadian neuroendocrine systems of those occupying the illuminated workplace during the night. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide substantive attenuation of the pathologic circadian disruption in night workers. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can attenuate the specific bands of light implicated in circadian disruption. LED lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide increased intensity at a different portion of the spectrum than conventional LEDs, providing a useable white light even when unfavorable portions of the wavelength are attenuated by a notch filter. LED lighting systems, methods, and devices can switch between a daytime configuration and a night time configuration, wherein the daytime configuration provides unfiltered light and the night time configuration provides filtered light.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENT COUPLING OF LIGHT FROM OUTSIDE TISSUE TO SMALL VOLUMES INSIDE TISSUE
A system to couple light to tissue includes a first light source configured to emit first light of a first wavelength lambda λ.sub.1 and a second light source configured to emit second light of a second wavelength λ.sub.2. The system also includes a retro-modulator configured to receive the first light and the second light. The retro-modulator is configured to modulate the first light of the first wavelength λ.sub.1 based at least in part on an intensity of the second light of the second wavelength λ.sub.2. The retro-modulator is also configured to reflect the modulated first light for use in generation of a guide-star within the tissue.