Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1994-11-28
1996-08-13
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
A61N 506
Patent
active
055451926
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method for modifying the circadian cycle of a human subject to a desired state including the steps of determining the characteristics of the desired circadian cycle, selecting an appropriate time during which to apply a light stimulus to effect a desired modification of the present circadian cycle, and applying the stimulus at the selected time to achieve the desired circadian cycle for the subject. The light stimulus of the present invention includes an episode of intermittent light consisting of at least two pulses of enhanced light separated by at least one pulse of reduced light.
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PCT Inter
Czeisler Charles A.
Kronauer Richard E.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Smith Ruth S.
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