Patent ID: 8781545

Claim:
A body monitoring device, having a surface and configured to be applied to and/or near the body, comprising: at least one light source; and at least one photo detector, wherein the at least one light source emits light in at least a direction away from said surface and wherein the at least one photo detector is configured to detect light that is emitted by the at least one light source and reflected by the body in a direction towards said surface, wherein the body monitoring device is at least partly flexible for substantially extending along the curves of the body, wherein the body monitoring device has a lateral direction parallel to said surface and has a thickness perpendicular to said lateral direction, wherein the thickness is less than approximately 7 millimeters, and wherein the body monitoring device is further configured to apply dynamic phototherapy, said body monitoring device further including a control system configured to process the detected light into oxygen saturation values, wherein said control system is responsive to the oxygen saturation values for dynamically adjusting the light emitted from the at least one light source for monitoring a specific portion of the body and said control system is responsive to the oxygen saturation values for dynamically adjusting the light emitted from the at least one light source for optimizing phototherapy applied to said specific portion of the body.