Light therapy device

• US 8,080,047 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Issued: 12/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mesure Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mesure Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Chu Yih
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, III, Henry M
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRANDALL, LYNSEY P
• Application Number:
  US11/461,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20080033512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 607/93
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0607 Nose
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0652 Arrays of diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0659 infrared
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0662 Visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0603 for treatment of body cavities

Abstract

A light therapy device for rhinitis treatment. The light therapy device includes a hollow tube body with a longitudinal axis, being dimensioned and configured to permit insertion into a nostril of a treatment subject. A light emitting diode package disposed within the hollow tube body includes a first LED chip as a red light source and a second LED chip as an infrared light source. The first LED chip and the second LED chip are at different plane substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.

Claims

1. A light therapy device, comprising:

a control unit;

a pair of hollow tube bodies, each having a central longitudinal axis, being dimensioned and configured to permit insertion into a pair of nostrils of a treatment subject;

a pair of holders, disposed under the pair of nostrils, sized to receive the pair of hollow tube bodies for clamping the pair of hollow tube bodies to adjacent inner walls of the pair of nostrils;

a single light emitting diode package, disposed within each of the hollow tube body, comprising;

a first LED chip as a first light source controlled by the control unit; and

a second LED chip as a second light source controlled by the control unit,

wherein the first LED chip only emitting non-coherent light radiation having a narrow band-width centered at a single red light wavelength suitable for rhinitis treatment, is located along the central longitudinal axis of the hollow tube body; and

the second LED chip only emitting non-coherent light radiation having a narrow band-width centered at a single infrared light wavelength suitable for heating the hollow tube body, is located a predetermined distance away from the central longitudinal axis thereof and nearer a sidewall of the hollow tube body than the first LED chip;

wherein the red light wavelength is in a range of about 630 nm to about 660 nm and the infrared light wavelength is in a range of about 920 nm to about 960 nm;

a first mount lead for mounting the first LED chip aligning the central longitudinal axis of the hollow tube body; and

a second mount lead for mounting the second LED chip, disposed adjacent an inner wall of the package;

an inner support tube body disposed within the hollow tube body for supporting the single light emitting diode package, wherein the inner support tube body is opaque and the hollow tube body is transparent; and

a wider bottom portion, extending from the inner support tube body, wherein the hollow tube body is securely inserted into the wider bottom portion in a detachable form.

3. The light therapy device as recited in claim 1 wherein the light emitting diode package is powered and controlled, via wires, by the control unit.

4. The light therapy device as recited in claim 3 wherein the wires pass through the inner support tube body.

5. The light therapy device as recited in claim 1 wherein the red light wavelength is about 652 nm and the infrared light wavelength is about 940 nm.

2. A light therapy device, comprising:

a control unit;

a pair of hollow tube bodies, each having a central longitudinal axis, being dimensioned and configured to permit insertion into a pair of nostrils of a treatment subject;

a pair of holders, disposed under the pair of nostrils, sized to receive the pair of hollow tube bodies for clamping the pair of hollow tube bodies to adjacent inner walls of the pair of nostrils;

a single light emitting diode package, disposed within each of the hollow tube body, comprising;

a first LED chip as a first light source controlled by the control unit; and

a second LED chip as a second light source controlled by the control unit,

wherein the first LED chip only emitting non-coherent light radiation having a narrow band-width centered at a single red light wavelength suitable for rhinitis treatment, is located along the central longitudinal axis of the hollow tube body; and

the second LED chip only emitting non-coherent light radiation having a narrow band-width centered at a single infrared light wavelength suitable for heating the hollow tube body, is located a predetermined distance away from the central longitudinal axis thereof and nearer a sidewall of the hollow tube body than the first LED chip;

wherein the red light wavelength is in a range of about 630 nm to about 660 nm and the infrared light wavelength is in a range of about 920 nm to about 960 nm;

a first mount lead for mounting the first LED chip aligning the central longitudinal axis of the hollow tube body; and

a second mount lead for mounting the second LED chip, disposed adjacent an inner wall of the package;

an inner support tube body disposed within the hollow tube body for supporting the single light emitting diode package, wherein the inner support tube body is opaque and the hollow tube body is transparent; and

a wider bottom portion, extending from the inner support tube body, wherein the hollow tube body is securely inserted into the wider bottom portion in a detachable form;

wherein the first mount lead further comprises a cup for accommodating the first LED chip; and

the second mount lead comprises an end surface higher than the cup of the first mount lead for mounting the second LED chip.