Patent ID: 8486124

Claim:
A light treatment dispensing device comprising: a generator including a light emission device for emitting a therapeutic light emissions treatment; and a controller configured to control the generator, the controller including: (A) an engine that is configured to determine a prescribed protocol based on an input to the controller, the prescribed protocol comprising (i) a prescribed number of sessions, (ii) a prescribed session frequency, (iii) a prescribed number of treatments per session, and (iv) a prescribed duration for each treatment (B) a treatment limiter configured to limit a number of therapeutic light emissions treatments according to the prescribed number of sessions and the prescribed number of treatments per session of the protocol; (C) a frequency limiter configured to limit a frequency at which therapeutic light emissions treatments are dispensed according to the prescribed session frequency of the protocol; (D) a duration limiter configured to limit a duration of a particular treatment to the prescribed duration for the particular treatment according to the protocol; and a timer configured to time a total actual duration of therapeutic light emissions treatments in a first period of time.