Patent ID: 7210817
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A61N,F21K,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A flexible mat for delivering photo-therapy to at least a portion of a body of a patient, comprising: (a) a flexible substrate comprising a lower external-facing surface, an upper patient-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed through the substrate and extending between the external-facing surface and the patient-facing surface; (b) a plurality of reverse-mount LED packages configured for mounting and positioning on the external-facing surface of the substrate over corresponding apertures such that the LEDs thereof emit light upwardly through or from such apertures substantially in a first direction towards the patient-facing surface of the substrate, each such package further being configured to dissipate heat primarily downwardly in a second direction away from the external-facing surface of the substrate, wherein light-projecting portions of the reverse-mount LED packages extend upwardly through the apertures substantially no further than a plane defined by the patient-facing surface of the substrate, and (c) a plurality of at least partially flexible electrically conductive traces operatively connected to the reverse-mount LED packages to provide electrical power, and optionally control signals, thereto.