Patent ID: 8900283
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A light therapy device comprising: a light emitting pad that is alternately shapeable into a plurality of retained configurations so as to be positionable adjacent to different body portions of a human or animal subject; a plurality of light emitters comprising i) blue LEDs which emit blue light at wavelength of approximately 465 nm, ii) red LEDs which emit red light at a wavelength approximately 640 nm, iii) infrared LEDs which emit invisible infrared light at a wavelength approximately 880 nm and iv) a visible indicator light which indicates when invisible infrared light, is being emitted from the infrared LEDs, wherein the blue, red and infrared light emitters are positioned on or in the pad and operative to deliver preprogrammed light therapy sessions by casting light from the pad onto or into a body portion adjacent to which the pad is positioned; a controller programmed to cause the light emitters to alternately deliver user-selected preprogrammed light therapy sessions which include at least; i) a light therapy session wherein the emitted light is primarily blue; ii) a light therapy session wherein the emitted light is primarily red; and iii) a light therapy session wherein the emitted light is primarily invisible infrared and wherein the visible indicator light is illuminated; and a user interface in communication with the controller whereby a user may select which of the preprogrammed light therapy sessions is to be delivered and whether the light is to be pulsed or non-pulsed; wherein at least a portion of the pad comprises a pressure deformable shape-retaining member of a material which has shape retention properties so that, as the pad is shaped into one of said alternative configurations, the pressure deformable shape-retaining member retains the pad in that alternative configuration during a subsequent light therapy session without the need for a strap or other restraining apparatus.