Ophthalmic Phototherapy Device and Associated Treatment Method

a phototherapy device and ophthalmology technology, applied in the field of ophthalmic phototherapy devices, can solve the problems of unpredictable modulation of the cellular activity within the exposed cellular tissue, other damage to the eye tissue, and no known phototherapy mechanism is used to promote healing, regrowth, or regeneration of eye tissu

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-30
PHOTOSPECTRA HEALTH SCI
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Further, an incandescent light produces numerous wavelengths and the wavelengths are not subject to independent control, which results in unpredictable modulation of the cellular activity within the exposed cellular tissue.
However, in order to fix certain eye problems, these destructive uses of light cause other damage to the eye tissue, but this damage is of the type that can be healed by the body's normal recuperative mechanisms over time.
Accordingly, none of the known phototherapy mechanisms are used for promoting the healing, regrowth, or regeneration of eye tissue or for alleviating discomfort associated with damaged eye tissue within the field of opthalmology.

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[0022]An ophthalmic phototherapy device is illustrated generally at 10 in the drawings. As will be discussed in detail below, the ophthalmic phototherapy device 10 produces light of a selected wavelength, or sequences or combinations of light having differing wavelengths within a particular range of wavelengths. In accordance with the ophthalmic treatment method of the present invention, the light emitted by the phototherapy device 10 is directed into the eye of a patient to promote healing of damaged eye tissue.

[0023]FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of the ophthalmic phototherapy device 10. The ophthalmic phototherapy device 10 incorporates a light emitting mechanism that includes a light panel 12 incorporating a plurality of light sources 14 that emit light having the desired wavelengths. The light panel 12 is mounted in a housing 16 that is configured to facilitate use of the device 10. A switch 20 allows the operator to control the production of light. In one embodiment, the li...

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An ophthalmic phototherapy device and associated phototherapy treatment method for promoting healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The ophthalmic phototherapy device includes a light emitting mechanism for transmitting light of at least one preselected wavelength to the eye tissue. The ophthalmic phototherapy method includes directing light of at least one wavelength for a selected period of time to a portion of damaged or diseased eye tissue, whereby the light transmitted to the damaged or diseased eye tissue stimulates cellular activity in the eye tissue to promote healing.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 106,416, filed Apr. 14, 2005; and a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 858,351, filed Sep. 20, 2007.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of Invention[0004]This invention relates to an ophthalmic phototherapy device and an associated treatment method. More specifically, the present invention is related to a device and method for exposing an eye to selected wavelengths of light to promote the healing of damaged eye tissue.[0005]2. Description of the Related Art[0006]Light has various uses within the medical community. Exposure of cellular tissue to light is known to modulate the activity of such cellular tissue. Different wavelengths of light act on different mechanisms within individual cells within the cellular tissue to stimulate or suppress biological activit...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61F9/01A61B18/20
CPCA61F9/0079A61F2009/00868A61F2009/00872A61F2009/00891A61N5/0613A61N2005/0644A61N2005/0652A61N2005/0663A61B3/102A61B3/12A61B3/1241A61B3/14A61N2005/0626A61N2005/0659A61N5/067
Inventor DOTSON, ROBERT S.
Owner PHOTOSPECTRA HEALTH SCI
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