Total therapy sauna bed system

• US 5,645,578 A
• Filed: 11/16/1994
• Issued: 07/08/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sybaritic, Inc.
• Inventors: Daffer, Steven J., Rouzegar, Mirsaeed, Mitchell, Roger E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUANG, STEPHEN D
• Application Number:
  US08/340,788
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 601/23, 601/24, 601/46-56, 607/1, 607/2, 607/44, 607/45, 607/88, 607/90-95, 607/115, 600/21, 600/27
• US Class Current: 607/91
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2035/004 for the whole body except the head
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0142 Beds
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/102 with aromatherapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/00 Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0016 by the smell sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0022 by the tactile sense, e.g. vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0044 by the sight sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0066 with heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/0094 Isolation chambers used therewith, i.e. for isolating individuals from external stimuli other treatment rooms or enclosures A61G10/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3606 cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/362 by gas flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0663 Coloured light

Abstract

A therapeutic device that provides light therapy in a sauna bed that has a hood that fits over the head of a person lying in a sauna bed. The hood has interior lights providing selected light intensity that simulates outdoor light at mid day and which directs and scatters the light in a manner substantially similar to the direction of light from natural sources onto the head of a user. A strobe light is also provided as well as selectable colored lights to permit the user to select a desired light regime.

Claims

1. A therapy module comprising a hood member adapted to overlie a substantial portion of a rear and a top of a head of a user and having an opening in a direction in a field of view of the user, and at least one light box within the hood member having a selectively energized high intensity white light source positioned to project light from the light source directly downwardly across eyes of a user to illuminate a head of a user sufficiently to simulate positioning and intensity of natural mid day light projected directly from the white light source without reflection.

2. The module of claim 1 and a plurality of secondary lights in the hood member providing at least two additional colors selected from the group consisting of red, blue, yellow and green, and positioned to direct a selected colored light unto the user from a position adjacent to the white light source.

3. The module of claim 2 and a strobe light mounted within the hood member in a position to direct light into a face of a user, said strobe light providing a pulsing light of a selected frequency of intensity for therapeutic use.

4. The module of claim 3 and at least one speaker for therapeutic sound adjacent the hood.

5. The module of claim 4 and at least one duct for providing fresh air to a position adjacent the hood member.

6. The device of claim 3 and control means for providing an adjustable rate of lighting of the strobe light.

7. The module of claim 1 wherein the module includes a generally horizontally orientated support bed, and an enclosure for surrounding a substantial portion of the support bed to provide air flow over the support bed while the light source is illuminated.

8. The module of claim 7 and a light source within the enclosure, said light source having individual secondary colored lights selected from the group of red, yellow, blue and green, and means for connecting the individual secondary lights in the hood member with corresponding colored sources within the enclosure.

9. The module of claim 7, and an aroma carrying liquid injector for injecting a desired aroma into the enclosure.

10. A therapy module comprising a hood member adapted to overlying a substantial portion of a head of a user and defining an interior space and having an opening through which a user can see with the hood member in use, a first source of white light mounted in the interior space, a second light source of a selected color within the interior space, and a control to select at least one light source to illuminate the interior of the hood member, the light sources both being within the interior space and adjacent a side of the hood member and spaced from the opening of the hood member to directly project light onto a face of a user from the respective light source without depending on reflection.

11. The therapy module of claim 10 wherein the white light source is a high intensity white light source positioned to direct light directly across eyes of a user to simulate positioning and intensity of natural light at mid day.

12. The therapy module of claim 11 and a white strobe light mounted in the hood in a position adjacent the opening to the hood member wherein said strobe light provides a pulsing light of a selected frequency between 1 Hz and 12 Hz.

13. The therapy module of claim 10 and wherein the second light source comprises a plurality of secondary lights having at least two additional colors selected from the group consisting of red, blue, yellow and green, and positioned adjacent to the white light source.

14. The module of claim 13 and a white strobe light mounted in the hood in a position adjacent the opening to the hood, said strobe light providing a pulsing light of a selected frequency.

15. The module of claim 14 and a support bed, a cover forming an enclosure for a substantial portion of a body of a user, the hood member being pivotally mounted to a head end of the bed such that a user lying on the bed is at least partially enclosed by the hood member with the hood member in a closed position.

16. The module of claim 15 and a heated air duct in the enclosure providing a flow of heated air therein, a dispenser for dispensing scented material into the enclosure, a vibrator for vibrating the bed, and an interior light inside the enclosure providing colored light to the interior of the enclosure that is identical to the colored light provided to the interior of the hood member from the second source.

17. The module of claim 16, wherein said interior light provides light selected from the group consisting of red, yellow, blue and green, and controls for selecting activation of the secondary lights and interior light which automatically match color of the interior light and secondary lights for adjusting the frequency of the strobe light.

18. The therapy module and support bed of claim 15 wherein a mounting of the hood member to the head end of the bed provides for pivoting the hood member to a position wherein a person lying on the bed can lie in place and pivot the hood member to its position overlying a substantial portion of a head of the user.

19. A therapy module comprising a hood member adapted to overlie a substantial portion of a rear and top of a head of a user and having an opening in a direction in a field of view of the user, and at least one light box within the hood member having a selectively energized high intensity white light source positioned to provide direct light projected directly downwardly across eyes of a user to stimulate positioning and intensity of natural mid day light directly from the white light source without substantial reflection, and a strobe light mounted within the hood member in a position to direct light into a face of the user, said strobe light providing a pulsing light of a selected frequency and intensity for therapeutic use.