Patent ID: 9597526
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A flexible light treatment head comprising a plurality of light source modules arranged in seriatim along a major axis of said head, adjacent ones of the modules being interconnected by hinges, each of said the modules comprising a middle portion, a first hinge and a second hinge; the middle portion comprising one or more lighting elements; the first hinge and the second hinge respectively positioned at an outer left-side edge and an outer right-side edge of the middle portion and separated by the middle portion; each of the first hinge and the second hinge comprising a receiving portion and a protruding portion, receiving portions of a first hinge and a second hinge of a first given module configured to rotatably connect to protruding portions of a first hinge and a second hinge of a second given module that is connected to one side of the first given module; and the protruding portions of the first hinge and the second hinge of the first given module configured to rotatably connect to receiving portions of a first hinge and a second hinge of a third given module that is connected to another side of the first given module; wherein for each of the modules, each one of the first hinges defines therein a first channel that extends between the receiving portion to the protruding portion, and a combination of the first channels within the first hinges, which are connected in seriatim, form a continuous channel that extends along the outer left-side edge of the flexible light treatment source; wherein each of the first hinges comprise a second channel extending substantially perpendicularly from the first channel; and a wire extends within the continuous channel and the second channel.