Patent ID: 8523925

Claim:
A phototherapy apparatus for the treatment of skin disease comprising: A. an at least partially hollow body element; B. a plurality of light emitting elements enclosed within the body element; and C. a plurality of elongated light transmitting elements, each of said light transmitting elements having a proximal end detachably affixed to the body element in proximity to one or more of the light emitting elements, and extending to an end distal the body element; wherein, for each of the elongated light transmitting elements, at least a portion of light incident from the light emitting elements onto the proximal end is directed through the light transmitting element and emitted from the distal end and further comprising: D. a support element adapted to be detachably received by the body element and to support the elongated light transmitting elements; wherein each of the elongated light transmitting elements extends from its proximal end, to and through the support element from a side of the support element proximal the body element, to and beyond a side of the support element distal the body element, and E. at least one alignment element within the body element and adapted to receive the proximal end of an associated one of the elongated light transmitting elements and to maintain said proximal end in a desired position relative to an associated one of the light emitting elements, wherein the alignment element defines an interior region having a sidewall diverging from an end closest to the light emitting element, wherein the proximal end of the associated light transmitting element is disposed within the interior region.