Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1993-04-15
1999-07-06
Graham, Mark S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
607 88, A61N 500
Patent
active
059192178
ABSTRACT:
A bright-light portable phototherapy unit to modify biological rhythms has a housing in which there is a source for producing light energy having a major portion in the visible light range. The housing is to be placed adjacent to the body of a user for positioning and directing the light from the source through an opening in the housing to be applied to the eyes of the user. The light source can be one or more fluorescent lamps and the light incident on the eyes preferably is at least 2,000 lux and, more preferably, at least 8,000 lux.
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Graham Mark S.
Medic-Light Inc.
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