Patent ID: 9095704
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of significantly mitigating the effects of common colds, influenza, sore throats, and ear infections primarily caused by airborne viruses and bacteria and comprising: providing a light applicator including a housing, a power supply, and a light source when energized by the power supply emits light in the ultraviolet range consisting essentially only of UVA light and with a peak intensity of either about 380 nanometers or about 395 nanometers, each intensity with a full-width half maximum of about 20 nanometers, and an output of about 30 microwatts/mm2; and directing the applicator precisely to aim the light within bodily orifices selected from the nasal passages, the throat passage and the ear passages to directly irradiate the passages within the orifices for periodic times, the periodic time for each passage sufficient for the light to supply the passage at a power within a range from about 10 to about 1000 microjoules/mm2 of the UVA ultraviolet light and sufficient to stimulate the production of an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide by the passages through the process of photooxidation to kill pathogens but insufficient to adversely affect the passages.