Patent ID: 8192473
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
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 scalp of the user's head when the head unit is worn on the user's head, and said inner side being structured and configured to follow the curvature of the scalp, including the frontal, temporal and vertex regions of the scalp; 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 frontal, temporal and vertex regions of the user's scalp, 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; a plurality of spacing columns structured and disposed to extend downwardly from the inner side of the canopy band, and each of the plurality of spacing columns including a distal end and a resilient tip pivotally fitted on the distal end for engaging the user's head, and the plurality of spacing columns maintaining the inner side of the canopy band in spaced relation to the user's scalp, and the resilient tip on the distal end of each of the plurality of spacing columns being adjustably positionable relative to the spacing column in order to conform to the user's head shape and comfortably engage the user's head; and at least one control for controlling operation of each of the light generating sources in said array of light generating sources.