Joanna Thompson Vargas

US Patent:

20120150265, Jun 14, 2012

Filed:

Dec 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/324045

Inventors:

Joanna Vargas - Edgewater NJ, US
Cesar Vargas - Edgewater NJ, US

International Classification:

A61N 5/06

US Classification:

607 91

Abstract:

A red and near infra-red light phototherapy apparatus designed to accommodate an adult user. A user support of the device may have a hingably connected canopy that contains the red, and infra-red, light source. When the canopy is open, a user may lie on the user support. When adjusted to an operational position, the upper light source may illuminate the entire user support. The apparatus may include an acrylic support with a lower red, and infra-red, light source attached beneath. The acrylic support may be transparent to the red, and infra-red, light. The lower light source may illuminate the entire acrylic support from below. The red narrow band, light emitting diodes (LEDs) may be selected to have a wavelength in a range of approximately 625 nm to 645 nm, and the infra-red LEDs to emit in a range of approximately 820 nm to 860 nm.