Patent ID: 8252033
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A wearable hands-free apparatus for providing phototherapy treatment to a user, said apparatus comprising: a head unit adapted to be worn on the user's head and including a pair of audio emitting earphones positionable on the user's ears and at least one canopy band; said at least one canopy band including an inner side that is positionable in spaced, opposing relation to the user's face when the head unit is worn on the user's head; an array of light generating sources on said inner side of said at least one canopy band and said array of light generating sources being positioned, structured and disposed for producing a light pattern that can be simultaneously directed onto the user's face, and each of said light generating sources being further structured and disposed for emitting light within a wavelength range according to a particular condition being treated by phototherapy using the apparatus; at least one control for controlling operation of each of the light generating sources in said array of light generating sources.