PEDIATRIC TISSUE ILLUMINATOR
First Claim
1. A tissue illuminator to facilitate viewing of tissues that lie below the skin of a portion of an infant'"'"'s body, comprising in combination:
- a) a base unit;
b) an electrical power source housed within the base unit;
c) a lighting head, the lighting head including a semi-rigid elongated board, the board including a plurality of electrical conductors for conducting electrical signals;
d) a plurality of light-emitting devices supported by the lighting head, each light-emitting device being electrically coupled to at least one of the electrical conductors for selectively causing each such light-emitting device to emit light; and
e) an electrical cable coupled to the base unit and coupled to the lighting head for supplying electrical power from the base unit to the lighting head to selectively operate the plurality of light-emitting devices;
whereby placement of the lighting head behind a portion of the infant'"'"'s body causes light to be directed into such portion of the infant'"'"'s body for enhanced viewing.
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Abstract
A pediatric tissue illuminator includes a semi-rigid lighting head removably connected to a powered base unit for illuminating an infant'"'"'s tissues while stabilizing a limb for venipuncture. The lighting head includes a series of LEDs and is placed behind an infant'"'"'s arm, thereby directing light therethrough for enhanced viewing. A printed circuit board in the lighting head routes electrical conductors to the LEDs. A translucent soft covering is disposed between the printed circuit board and the infant'"'"'s body. The base unit includes a control circuit for varying the application of electrical power to the lighting head via an electrical cable. The arm board/light head is inexpensive enough to be disposable. Alternatively, a re-useable light head may be used with disposable semi-rigid housings.
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Citations
27 Claims
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1. A tissue illuminator to facilitate viewing of tissues that lie below the skin of a portion of an infant'"'"'s body, comprising in combination:
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a) a base unit; b) an electrical power source housed within the base unit; c) a lighting head, the lighting head including a semi-rigid elongated board, the board including a plurality of electrical conductors for conducting electrical signals; d) a plurality of light-emitting devices supported by the lighting head, each light-emitting device being electrically coupled to at least one of the electrical conductors for selectively causing each such light-emitting device to emit light; and e) an electrical cable coupled to the base unit and coupled to the lighting head for supplying electrical power from the base unit to the lighting head to selectively operate the plurality of light-emitting devices; whereby placement of the lighting head behind a portion of the infant'"'"'s body causes light to be directed into such portion of the infant'"'"'s body for enhanced viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of illuminating tissues of an infant for the purpose of a venipuncture, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a semi-rigid elongated board; b. supporting a plurality of light-emitting devices from the elongated board; c. placing the elongated board beneath the arm of an infant; d. securing the elongated board to the infant'"'"'s arm to immobilize the infant'"'"'s arm; e. supplying electrical power to the light-emitting devices to illuminate the infant'"'"'s arm; f. performing the venipuncture while the infant'"'"'s arm is illuminated; g. removing electrical power from the light-emitting devices after performing the venipuncture. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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