Laser probe for light therapy
Inventors
Kahn, Fred • Hacco, Eli • Slonchka, Mark Anthony Peter
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-7842075-B2
Publication Date
2010-11-30
Expiration Date
Abstract
A laser light therapy treatment probe, having an internal control circuit, and a manual control, a connection to a power supply, and a laser light treatment source, whereby the laser light treatment probe, and may be plugged into a supply of electrical power, and having an on/off switch connected between the control circuit and the laser light treatment source, and wherein the laser light source is switched on, for example by pressing the probe against the skin.
Core Innovation
A laser light therapy treatment probe is provided with a housing adapted to be hand held, an internal control circuit within the housing, and a laser light treatment source supported by the housing and connected to the control circuit. The probe includes a socket for the laser light treatment source connected to the control circuit.
The probe has a protective cap having a contact sensitive surface on said socket, and an on/off switch connected between the control circuit and the protective cap for the laser light treatment source. The laser light treatment source is off when there is no contact with the skin, and the contact sensitive surface is configured/adapted to turn the treatment laser source on when it contacts the skin and to turn off the laser source when it is not in contact with the skin.
The probe also includes a moveable and retractable spring wire connection connecting the protective cap with said control circuit. This arrangement links the contact sensitive protective cap to the control circuit through the moveable and retractable spring wire connection.
Claims Coverage
The document contains one independent claim (clm-00001) describing a hand-held laser light therapy treatment probe with contact-sensitive on/off switching tied to skin contact, including an internal control circuit and a moveable and retractable spring wire connection between the protective cap and the control circuit.
Contact sensitive protective cap controls laser on/off based on skin contact
A protective cap having a contact sensitive surface on said socket, with an on/off switch connected between the control circuit and the protective cap for the laser light treatment source, whereby the laser light treatment source is off when there is no contact with the skin, and the contact sensitive surface is configured/adapted to turn the treatment laser source on when it contacts the skin and to turn off the laser source when it is not in contact with the skin.
Internal control circuit with socket-connected laser light treatment source
An internal control circuit within said housing, and a laser light treatment source supported by said housing and connected to said control circuit, including a socket for said laser light treatment source connected to said control circuit.
Moveable and retractable spring wire connection between protective cap and control circuit
A moveable and retractable spring wire connection connecting the protective cap with said control circuit.
Across the independent claim, the main inventive coverage centers on a hand-held laser light therapy treatment probe in which skin contact is used to control laser emission via a contact sensitive protective cap and an on/off switch tied to the control circuit, with the protective cap mechanically coupled to the control circuit through a moveable and retractable spring wire connection.
Stated Advantages
The laser light treatment source is off when there is no contact with the skin.
The laser light treatment source is turned on when the protective cap contacts the skin.
The laser light treatment source is turned off when the protective cap is not in contact with the skin.
Documented Applications
Not explicitly described in patent.
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