Medical Light Diffusion Implant for Continuous Photobiomodulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical laser technologies are limited in their ability to provide continuous therapeutic effects outside of dental or medical treatment settings, leading to reduced treatment efficiency and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A medical light diffusion implant with a socket and crown structure that houses a light source unit, allowing for the emission of low-power lasers capable of photobiomodulation and photobiostimulation, which can be fixed to the body and powered by masticatory motion or stored energy, enabling continuous treatment without additional energy supply.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If medical laser treatment is performed only in dental or medical treatment settings, then treatment safety is ensured, but treatment time is limited and efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The implant enables the patient to perform self-treatment at home without requiring continuous professional medical supervision. The light source unit is integrated into the implant structure, allowing the patient to activate treatment independently through chewing motion or button press, thus converting a professional-service-only model into a self-service model that extends treatment beyond clinical settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant performs treatment continuously in the background during daily activities such as chewing, without requiring the patient to consciously initiate each treatment session. The light source is pre-positioned within the implant structure and automatically activates when mechanical stimulation occurs, preparing and delivering therapeutic effect proactively rather than reactively.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If low power lasers are used for photobiomodulation, then tissue safety is improved, but treatment duration must be extended to achieve therapeutic effects
Solution Approach 1:
The implant delivers laser therapy continuously over extended periods rather than in brief intermittent sessions. By integrating the light source into the implant and activating it during daily activities like chewing, the treatment accumulates therapeutic dose over months or years, transforming discrete clinical visits into continuous background therapy that safely achieves cumulative therapeutic effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant utilizes periodic mechanical stimulation from chewing or pressing to trigger light emission cycles. Each chewing motion or button press activates the light source for a brief period, and these periodic activations accumulate over time to deliver the required therapeutic dose while maintaining tissue safety through low-power intermittent delivery rather than continuous high-power exposure.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If an implant structure is used to house the light source, then continuous treatment is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The implant structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as the mechanical anchor for the implant, provides structural housing for the light source unit, enables mechanical-to-optical energy conversion through chewing motion, and delivers the therapeutic light to surrounding tissue. By making the implant structure multi-functional, the design avoids adding separate components for each function, thereby reducing overall complexity while enabling continuous treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the light source, power generation mechanism, and structural implant components into a single integrated unit. The light source unit is positioned within the implant structure and directly coupled to the power generation element, eliminating the need for separate wiring harnesses, external power supplies, or additional control mechanisms, thus simplifying the overall device architecture while enabling continuous operation.
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
The implant provides continuous therapeutic effects, maximizing treatment time and user convenience by allowing for extended use of medical lasers in daily life, while maintaining tissue safety and promoting tissue repair and healing.
Implementation Method 1
A medical light diffusion implant, comprising a socket including a space therein, capable of being fixed to a living body and a crown coupled with the socket so as to seal the socket, wherein the socket is transmittable by lights, and comprises a light source unit included at an inner space of the socket and the crown coupled to each other, to emit the lights.
Implementation Method 2
A medical light diffusion implant with a socket and crown structure that houses a light source unit, allowing for the emission of low-power lasers capable of photobiomodulation and photobiostimulation
Implementation Method 3
the socket is transmittable by lights
Data Source
AI summary
The present application relates to a medical light diffusion implant and, more specifically, to a functional implant to emit medical lights so as to induce rapid recovery after an implantation. According to the present invention, A medical light diffusion implant, comprising a socket including a space therein, capable of being fixed to a living body and a crown coupled with the socket so as to seal the socket, wherein the socket is transmittable by lights, and comprises a light source unit included at an inner space of the socket and the crown coupled to each other, to emit the lights.