Method and apparatus for photon therapy
First Claim
1. A photon therapy unit having a treatment head including at least one photon emitter, a drive circuit to drive said photon emitting device, a control to modulate said drive circuit and a switch responsive to placement of said head on a treatment location, said switch inhibiting operation of said drive circuit until said emitter is placed on said treatment location and including at least one pair of terminals at spaced locations on said head and positioned relative to said photon emitting device to contact skin at said treatment location to complete an electrical circuit upon placement of said head on said treatment location with said emitter directed to said treatment location.
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Abstract
A photon therapy unit implement has a flexible head for conforming to a body part to be treated. The head has a thermally conductive backing to remove heat form the treatment area. The operation of the head is monitored by a photon detector to provide a feedback to the diode drive circuit to maintain the output at the required level. Operation of the head is monitored by a microprocessor which performs a diagnostic function and reports on defects. The treatment protocol is generated by a main control unit that formulates a treatment waveform from a set of treatment protocols. The selection of protocols is performed through a graphical user interface (GUI) which allows selection of treatment areas and customization of treatment as well as maintaining patient history and annotations.
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25 Claims
- 1. A photon therapy unit having a treatment head including at least one photon emitter, a drive circuit to drive said photon emitting device, a control to modulate said drive circuit and a switch responsive to placement of said head on a treatment location, said switch inhibiting operation of said drive circuit until said emitter is placed on said treatment location and including at least one pair of terminals at spaced locations on said head and positioned relative to said photon emitting device to contact skin at said treatment location to complete an electrical circuit upon placement of said head on said treatment location with said emitter directed to said treatment location.
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4. A photon therapy unit having a treatment head including at least one photon emitter;
- a drive circuit to drive said photon emitting device, a control to modulate said drive circuit and a switch responsive to placement of said head on a treatment location with said emitter directed to said treatment location, said switch inhibiting operation of said drive circuit until said emitter is placed on said treatment location and including an optical sensor responsive to ambient light to determine placement on said treatment location.
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- 14. A photon therapy unit comprising a treatment head having at least one photon emitting device therein, and a drive circuit to drive said photon emitting device, a control unit to provide control signals to said drive circuit to implement one of a plurality of treatment protocols accessible to said unit and a graphical user interface to display a selection of said plurality of protocols to permit a user to select one of said treatment protocols from a plurality thereof, said protocols being presented on said graphical user interface as a representation of area to be treated.
- 20. A treatment head for a photon therapy unit, said head having a plurality of discrete arrays of photon emitters, each having a support for said emitters to maintain said emitters in spaced relationship on a respective array, said arrays being arranged in seriatim and flexibly connected to one another to facilitate said head conforming to a treatment location.
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