Patent ID: 6454789
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A patient portable light therapy device, comprising:a portable power source that stores electrical energy; a light source coupled to said portable power source and adapted to be energized thereby, wherein said light source is adapted for use in a light therapy occurring over a period of time of at least two hours; and at least one optical fiber having a proximal portion coupled to the light source and a distal portion adapted to be disposed at a treatment site within a patient's body said at least one optical fiber conveying light emitted by the light source, wherein said light exits from the distal portion of said optical fiber and thereby administers said light therapy to the treatment site, said portable power source, said light source, and said at least one optical fiber being sufficiently light in weight and sufficiently compact so as to be readily carried about by the patient while the light source is administering the light therapy to the treatment site within the patient's body.