THERAPEUTICAL DEVICE FOR EMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC VISIBLE WAVES

Abstract: A therapeuticalc device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves is disclosed, comprising an external support operatively associated to electric and electronic means to set the switching states of a plurality of emitters of said waves, wherein some emitters (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) are substantially arranged on one single plane of said support, while other emitters (10, 11, 12) are arranged close to the summit of said support.

Description: THERAPEUTICAL DEVICE FOR EMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC VISIBLE AVEA The present invention relates to a device ' for emitting electromagnetic visible waves, more particularly fixed or intermittent lights for the purpose of restoration of some physiological functions of the human body. More particularly some disorders of the neuro glandular endocrine system cause conditions of ailment that are often treated with drugs removing more the effects than the causes of said illnesses. In order to avoid these problems some devices are known that use the physiological reactions of the organism to suitable light stimuli and redress the electric, chemical and mechanical activities of the body allowing mitigation or disappearance of the above mentioned pathological condition. These devices are applied at different points of the body, preferably on the aching areas and have a synchronous action with each other. Although these devices solve the mentioned technical problem, they have however some drawbacks. The known devices avoid the contraindications of the drugs, but they are almost always applied in a number greater than one, because they are placed at all the points requiring a redress of the physiological conditions; a complex synchronization of the devices is therefore required for the kind and the timing of the irradiated light beams. Furthermore use aimed for instance at single aching points, does not easily attain a global redress of the entire glandular endocrine system and therefore of the altered physiological functions, even with the possibility of balancing some functions but unbalancing others. The object of the present invention is to remove the drawbacks belonging to the prior art devices. ' Therefore object of the present invention is a device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves of easy and ready use and limited price, allowing redress of the electric, chemical and mechanical functions of the human being by the application at one single point, regulating the epiphysis pace so as to gradually balance the entire neuro glandular endocrine system until a correct smoothing of all the altered functions is obtained. Briefly the present invention provides for a device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves comprising an external support operatively associated to electric and electronic means to set the switching state of a plurality of emitters of said waves, wherein some emitters are arranged on a single plane of said support, while other emitters are arranged close to the summit of said support. The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to the invention is characterized by the features recited in claim 1. Further advantageous features of the device are recited in the dependent claims. Other advantages, details and features of the device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to the invention will be better understood by reading the following description making reference to the accompanying drawings in which a preferred embodiment is shown as an illustrative but non- limiting example. Fig. 1 is a schematic view in horizontal projection of the device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves of the invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a schematic side view of the device of the invention. With reference now to the aboye mentioned figures of the drawings, the device 1 for emitting electromagnetic visible waves, comprises a support that preferably has the shape of a first cap 2 in turn contained in a second cap 3 which is preferably connected to a stem like a lamp holder, not shown in the drawings, through a fastening pin centrally arranged on said cap 3. A plurality of sockets are made on said cap 2, preferably six sockets for receiving a corresponding number of emitters of electromagnetic visible waves, said sockets being arranged substantially on the same plane of the cap 2 along a circumference, said plane being preferably perpendicular to the vertical symmetry axis of the cap. More particularly the following emitters are provided: a first and a second emitter 4, 7 of orange light in the wave length range between 590 and 630 nm, preferably 625nm; one emitter 5 of red light in the wave length range between 630 and 750nm, preferably 660nm; one emitter 6 of blue light in the wave length range between 430 and 520nm, preferably 470nm; one emitter 8 of green light in the wave length range between 520 and 575nm, preferably 525 nm and one emitter 9 of yellow light in the wave length range between 550 and 600 nm, preferably 580 nm. The emitters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are arranged on said circumference at suitable angular distances, more particularly: having taken as reference said emitter 4, emitters 5 and 9 are angularly spaced to the center of said circumference in opposite directions at an angle between 67 and 77 degrees, preferably 72 degrees; emitter 6 and emitter 8 are angularly spaced from emitters 5 and 9 at an angle between 67 and 77 degrees, preferably 72 degrees, said angles being measured in the same direction of rotation existing between emitters 4 and 5 and emitters 4 and 9 respectively; emitter 7 is angularly spaced from emitters 6 and 8 at an angle between 31 and 41 degrees, preferably 36 degrees, wherein the angles are calculated as above stated respectively. Moreover each emitter shows on the plane of said circumference a visual angle of the emitted light between 0.5 degrees and 80 degrees, preferably between 20 and 30 degrees. On the summit of said cap 2 there is another plurality of sockets, preferably three sockets, for a corresponding number of emitters of white light. More particularly considering the projection on a horizontal plane shown in Fig. 1, a first emitter 10 of white light relative to the cap top coincident in horizontal projection with the center of said circumference, is arranged in direction of emitter 4 in such a way that its own projection on said circumference has a distance from the center of the circumference varying between 5 and 35 mm, preferably 25 mm. The two other emitters 11 and 12 of white light have their own projections in the plane shown in Fig. 1 on the perpendicular to the segment defined by emitter 4 and the projection of emitter 10, having a distance from the center of said circumference between 5 and 35 mm, preferably 25 mm. Moreover emitters 10, 11 and 12 on any vertical plane containing them have a visual angle of the emitted light between 0.5 and 80 degrees, preferably between 40 and 60 degrees. Emitters 4 to 12 are electrically connected to an electric power supply such as for instance a direct current supply substantially consisting of a known transformer not shown in the drawings, fed by the normal voltage of the mains. Said transformer is connected to said emitters for instance through a jack plug to be inserted in a socket arranged on a little cap 13 placed on the summit of cap 3. Moreover said emitters are connected to electronic means such as a digital timer regulating their on/off times. A cut out switch arranged externally the cap 3 and not shown in the drawings, allows start of the device 1. For the correct operation of the device 1 of the invention, the device must be put on the head of a person in such a way that the projection of the light emitted from emitter 4 falls between the eyebrows just above the union of the nose. Pushing said cut out switch, all the emitters are switched on and a corresponding number of light beams of various wave lengths is emitted. After a time interval between 30 and 90 seconds, preferably 60 seconds, the digital timer switches off emitters 10, 11 and 12, switching them on again after a time interval also between 30 and 90 seconds, preferably 60 seconds, and then the cycle is repeated with the same time intervals. When a total time between 30 seconds and 5 minutes, preferably 3 minutes is elapsed, the timer cuts out the device 1. The entire group of combinations of colors and intermittences generates electromagnetic stimuli to the center of the endocrine system, inducing the epiphysis to redress the altered electric, chemical and mechanical functions without any contact excepting the light beams. It is to be understood that many modifications, adaptations, integrations, variations and substitutions may be made to the embodiment hereinbefore described as an illustrative and non- limiting example, however without departing from the scope of the present invention as determined by the appended claims.

Claims: CLAIMS 1) A device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves comprising an external support operatively associated to electric and electronic means for determining the switching states of a plurality of emitters of said waves, characterized in that some emitters (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) are substantially arranged on the same plane of said support, while other emitters (10, 11, 12) are arranged near the summit of said support. 2) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 1) , characterized in that said support comprises a first cap (2) in turn contained in a second cap (3) . 3) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 2), characterized in that said first cap (2) is provided with a plurality of sockets for a corresponding number of said emitters (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), said sockets being partially arranged on the same plane along a circumference and partially at the summit of said first cap (2) . 4) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 3) , characterized in that six sockets are provided on said circumference and three sockets are arranged on the summit of said first cap (2), wherein the plane comprising said circumference is perpendicular to the vertical symmetry axis of said first cap (2) . 5) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 4), characterized in that the emitters (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) provided on said six sockets along said circumference comprise a first (4) and a second (7) emitter of orange light in the wave length range between 590 and 630 nm, one emitter (5) of red light in the wave length range between 630 and 750 nm, one emitter (6) of blue light in the wave length range between 430 and 520 nm, one emitter (8) of green light in the wave length range between 520 and 575 nm, and one emitter (9) of yellow light in the wave length range between 550 and 600 nm. 6) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 4), characterized in that the emitters (10, 11, 12) provided on the three sockets at the summit of said first cap (2) are emitting white light. 7) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 5), characterized in that the emitters (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) provided on said six sockets along said circumference are angularly spaced between each other in such a way that, having taken as reference the first emitter (4) of orange light, emitter (5) of red light and emitter (9) of yellow light are angularly spaced relative to the center of said circumference in opposite directions at an angle between 67 and 77 degrees, emitter (6) of blue light and emitter (8) of green light are angularly spaced from emitter (5) of red light and emitter (9) of yellow light respectively, at an angle between 67 and 77 degrees, and the second emitter (7) of orange light is angularly spaced from emitter (6) of blue light and emitter (8) of green light at an angle between 31 and 41 degrees. 8) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 5) , characterized in that each emitter (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the plane of said circumference has a visual angle of the emitted light between 0.5 degrees and 80 degrees. 9) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claims 5) and 6) , characterized in that the emitters (10, 11, 12) provided on the three sockets at the summit of said first cap (2) ' are arranged in such a way that a first emitter (10) of white light relative to the top of the cap that in horizontal projection on the plane of said circumference is coincident with the center of said circumference, is arranged in direction of the first emitter (4) of orange light in such a way that its own projection on said circumference has a distance from the center of the circumference varying between 5 and 35 mm, while the other emitters (11, 12) of white light have their own projections on the same plane on the perpendicular to the segment defined by the first emitter (4) of orange light and the projection of said first emitter (10) of white light, at a distance from the center of said circumference between 5 and 35 mm. 10) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 6) , characterized in that said emitters (10, 11, 12) of white light on any vertical plane containing them have a visual angle of the emitted light between 0.5 and 80 degrees. 11) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 1), characterized in that said electric and electronic means comprise a direct current power supply and a digital timer respectively. 12) The device for emitting electromagnetic visible waves according to claim 11) , characterized in that said digital timer is set in such a way to provide a plurality of on/off time intervals of at least some emitters connected thereto, said intervals having a duration between 30 and 90 seconds.

Inventors: BOFFA COSIMO, BOFFA DAVIDE, BOFFA, COSIMO, BOFFA, DAVIDE
Applicants: BOFFA COSIMO, BOFFA DAVIDE, BOFFA, COSIMO, BOFFA, DAVIDE
Application year: 2001
Main classification: A61N5
IPC codes: A61N5