DERMOSCOPY ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE POLARIZATION AND ORANGE LIGHT FOR ENHANCED VIEWING OF PIGMENTED TISSUE

• US 20150036311A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dermlite LLC
• Original Assignee: 3GEN Incorporated
• Inventors: Mullani, Nizar
• Granted Patent: US 9,458,990 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0077 Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/14 for producing polarised light
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/20 Lighting for medical use

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to an illumination device used in dermoscopy. More particularly, the invention comprises an improved apparatus for enhanced imaging and illumination of the skin for medical examination and treatment. An array of LEDs encircle a magnifying lens assembly. One set of surrounding LEDs provides cross-polarized white light to aid in canceling the reflected light from the skin and creating less glare. Another set of surrounding LEDs provides non-polarized white light for traditional immersion fluid dermoscopy or for non-polarized viewing of the skin. A third set of surrounding LEDs provides polarized colored light, wherein the wavelength color is selected at a color wavelength that maximizes the viewing of skin pigment regions which is important for early detection of skin cancers and other skin diseases. In an embodiment of the invention the colored LEDs comprise orange light at a wavelength of 588 nm. The present invention also discloses that the range of colored LEDs in the orange portion of the visible spectrum, namely at 581 nm to 600 nm wavelengths.

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