Body Cavity Light Therapy Probe With Active Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Light-based therapies for identifying and treating infections in body cavities can be harmful to the human eye and generate excessive heat, preventing prolonged use within the body cavity.
Innovation Solution
A light therapy device with a cooling mechanism and multiple lighting sources distributed on a probe element, equipped with a heat conductive path and image capture element, allows for prolonged placement and infection detection/treatment within body cavities like the mouth, anus, or vagina.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If light sources are used for infection detection and treatment in body cavities, then detection precision and treatment effectiveness are improved, but harmful factors to the human eye and heat generation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent protective barrier (sleeve) is introduced as an intermediary between the light sources and the body cavity. This barrier allows light transmission for infection detection while blocking harmful light wavelengths from reaching the eye, and simultaneously provides a surface for heat dissipation away from the body cavity
Solution Approach 2:
The harmful thermal energy generated by the light sources is extracted and separated from the treatment area through dedicated heat dissipation structures. The sleeve acts as a thermal management component that conducts heat away from the light sources, preventing excessive heat accumulation in the body cavity
2Productivity
If light therapy is applied continuously for effective treatment, then treatment effectiveness is improved, but heat accumulation worsens, preventing prolonged device retention
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables continuous light therapy application by maintaining effective light delivery to the treatment area while simultaneously managing heat through the sleeve structure. This allows prolonged device retention and continuous treatment without interruption due to heat buildup
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent sleeve serves as a thermal intermediary that separates the heat-generating light sources from the body cavity. It allows light to pass through for continuous treatment while conducting heat away, enabling sustained therapy application
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables safe and prolonged application of light therapy within body cavities by preventing eye damage and managing heat, facilitating effective infection identification and treatment.
Implementation Method 1
provides a cooling mechanism to draw heat from the body cavity
Implementation Method 2
Photoactivated disinfection (PAD) is based on the concept of photodynamic therapy (PDT). PDT is a treatment method that is associated with the use of a light source and a photosensitizer (PS) that binds to cells and after absorption of light induces a chemical reaction that results in the release of radicals and singlet oxygen
Implementation Method 3
FET technology has proved itself to provide benefit to practitioners, such as dentist, doctors and surgeons, etc., in identifying bacteria that would not normally be viewable by the practitioner
Data Source
AI summary
A body cavity treatment device including a plurality of lighting sources that are configured to provide for the detection of infection and the treatment of the detected infection, wherein the lighting sources are positioned substantially adjacent to the detected infection when the treatment device is inserted into the body cavity. In one aspect, an active cooling device is incorporated to maintain consistent temperature of the device within the body cavity.