Patent Grant
9889314
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to color light therapy technology, and more particularly, to a color light therapy device that emits color light in a given wavelength range in order to intensively perform color light therapy to a portion of a human body.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Color light therapy is known as the act of helping to cure a disease or manage health by stimulating a human body with energy of various pieces of color light having unique wavelengths, and is widely used for anti-fatigue and skin care purposes or for alternative treatment and rehabilitation treatment purposes.
Actually, various types of color light therapy have recently been performed to treat an affected part, treat a specific body part associated with an acupuncture point by stimulating the acupuncture point at and through which qi-blood gathers around a body surface and passes, treat atopic dermatitis, treat pain or inflammation (for example, menstrual pain or burns), prevent and treat a stroke and dementia, or improve health by using energy of color light in medicine, oriental medicine, or alternative medicine.
As a conventional color light therapy device used to perform color light therapy, a portable color therapy device (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0249062, registered on 21 Sep. 2001) and a portable color therapy device (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0254862, registered on 8 Nov. 2001) have been developed. Each of the portable color therapy devices is carried in a user's hand and is configured to emit unique color light by using a color filter that may be exchanged with a white light-emitting diode (LED).
Also, a light irradiation device for medical treatment using an LED (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0405265, registered on 29 Dec. 2005) promotes the natural healing power of an affected part by emitting LED light that may cure a human body and select a wavelength range according to a patient's symptom for biostimulation effects.
However, the light irradiation device for medical treatment using the LED (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0405265, registered on 29 Dec. 2005) has problems in that since color light is widely irradiated to the affected part by applying the light irradiation device in the form of a mat, an ordinary person may not easily purchase and use the light irradiation device anywhere, and particularly, a user may not intensively irradiate and use color light to a specific acupuncture point of a human body.
Also, each of the portable color therapy device (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0249062, registered on 21 Sep. 2001) and the portable color therapy device (Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0254862, registered on 8 Nov. 2001) has problems in that since only the white LED is used, the color filter has to be replaced in order to obtain desired color light, and particularly, the user has to use the color therapy device by holding it in his/her hand.
The present invention is directed to a color light therapy device including a body that is used by being attached to a portion of a human body by using a double-sided adhesive tape, a hydrogel pad, or an air suction plate and includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that supplies driving power to a light source (for example, a light-emitting diode (LED), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or a tricolor LED that may generate various pieces of color light) for emitting color light (for example, orange light, red light, green light, or yellow light) in a given wavelength range (for example, a visible light wavelength band ranging from 400 nm to 800 nm in which color light is visible at a point of time when the color light touches skin) to perform color light therapy on the human body, and a power jack that is connected to the PCB of the body through an electric wire, wherein the color light therapy is performed by intensively irradiating the color light for treatment to the color light therapy portion of the human body through a light outlet that is formed in a front portion of the body.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device that emits color light emitted by a plurality of light sources through the light outlet that is formed in the front portion of the body in order to intensively irradiate the color light for treatment to the color light therapy portion of the human body.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device further including an optical filter that is provided on the PCB that is received in the body, is formed of plastic, glass, quartz, crystal, or crystal glass, is configured such that a light-transmitting surface is cut to have a circular or polygonal shape (for example, a pentagonal shape, a hexagonal shape, or an octagonal shape) or has a planar or convex lens shape, and filters and focuses the color light emitted by the light source and emits the filtered and focused color light through the light outlet.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device further including a reflector that is provided around the light source that is provided on the PCB that is received in the body, is formed of a reflection plate or a reflection film, and reflects the color light emitted by the light source to the light outlet.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device that is configured such that a plurality of the bodies are connected to one power jack through the electric wire.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device that is configured such that a gender for separation/connection that may separate or connect the body and the power jack is provided on the electric wire.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device further including a light source operation button that is provided to be exposed to the outside of the body, is connected to the PCB that is received in the body, and repeatedly outputs a light source ON signal and a light source OFF signal whenever being pressed once.
The present invention is also directed to the color light therapy device further including a light source operation controller that is provided to be exposed to the outside of the body or is provided on the electric wire that connects the body and the power jack, is connected to the PCB that is received in the body, and includes only a light source operation button that repeatedly outputs a light source ON signal and a light source OFF signal whenever being pressed once or includes at least one of a light source pattern button that repeatedly outputs a continuous light source pattern selection signal and a discontinuous light source pattern selection signal whenever being pressed once along with the light source operation button, a time adjustment button that adjusts a light source operation time, and a brightness adjustment button that adjusts light source brightness.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a color light therapy device including: a printed circuit board (PCB) on which at least one of a light-emitting diode (LED), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a tricolor LED that may generate various pieces of color light is provided as a light source for emitting color light (for example, orange light, red light, green light, or yellow light) in a given wavelength range (for example, a visible light wavelength band ranging from 400 nm to 800 nm in which the color light is visible at a point of time when the color light touches skin) to perform color light therapy on a human body and that supplies driving power to the light source; and a body in which the PCB is received and that has a front portion in which a light outlet for intensively irradiating color light for treatment to a color light therapy portion of the human body; and a power jack that is connected to the PCB that is received in the body through an electric wire.
A wavelength range of the color light that is emitted by the light source for color light therapy through the light outlet of the body may be a visible light wavelength band in which the color light is visible at a point of time when the color light touches skin.
The color light therapy device may further include an optical filter that is provided on the PCB that is received in the body, is formed of any one of plastic, glass, quartz, crystal, and crystal glass, is configured such that a light-transmitting surface is cut to have a circular or polygonal shape (for example, a pentagonal shape, a hexagonal shape, or an octagonal shape) or has a planar or convex lens shape, and filters and focuses the color light emitted by the light source and emits the filtered and focused color light through the light outlet.
The color light therapy device may further include a reflector that is provided around the light source that is provided on the PCB that is received in the body, is formed of any one of a reflection plate and a reflection film, and reflects the color light emitted by the light source to the light outlet.
At least one body may be connected to one power jack through the electric wire.
A gender for separation/connection that may separate or connect the body and the power jack may be provided on the electric wire.
The body may be used by being attached to the color light therapy portion of the human body by using a double-sided adhesive tape, a hydrogel pad, or an air suction plate.
The color light therapy device may further include a light source operation button that is provided to be exposed to the outside of the body, is connected to the PCB that is received in the body, and repeatedly outputs a light source ON signal and a light source OFF signal whenever being pressed once.
The color light therapy device may further include a light source operation controller that is provided to be exposed to the outside of the body or is provided on the electric wire that connects the body and the power jack, is connected to the PCB that is received in the body, and includes only a light source operation button that repeatedly outputs a light source ON signal and a light source OFF signal whenever being pressed once or at least one of a light source pattern button that repeatedly outputs a continuous light source pattern selection signal and a discontinuous light source pattern selection signal whenever being pressed once along with the light source operation button, a time adjustment button that adjusts a light source operation time, and a brightness adjustment button that adjusts light source brightness.
The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.
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At least one of a light-emitting diode (LED), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or a tricolor LED that may generate various pieces of color light is provided on the PCB 10 as the light source 11 that emits colorelight (for example, orange light, red light, green light, or yellow light) in a given wavelength range (for example, a visible light wavelength band ranging from 400 nm to 800 nm in which color light is visible at a point of time when the color light touches skin) to perform color light therapy on a human body, and the PCB 10 supplies driving power to the light source 11.
An optical filter 12 that is formed of plastic, glass, quartz, crystal, or crystal glass, is configured such that a light-transmitting surface is cut to have a circular or polygonal shape (for example, a pentagonal shape, a hexagonal shape, or an octagonal shape) or has a planar or convex lens shape, and filters and focuses the color light emitted by the light source 11 and emits the filtered and focused color light through a light outlet 21 is further provided on the PCB 10, as shown in (a) and (b) of
A reflector 13 that is formed of a reflection plate or a reflection film and reflects the color light emitted by the light source 11 to the light outlet 21 is further provided around the light source 11 that is provided on the PCB 10, as shown in (a) and (b) of
The PCB 10 is received in the body 20, and the light outlet 21 for intensively irradiating the color light for treatment to a color light therapy portion of the human body is formed in a front portion of the body 20.
The body 20 may be formed to have a cylindrical shape as shown in
The body 20 is used by being attached to the color light therapy portion of the human body by using a double-sided adhesive tape 20a, a hydrogel pad 20b, or an air suction plate 20c. For reference,
The power jack 40 is connected to the PCB 10 that is received in the body 20 through the electric wire 30.
The power jack 40 may be any jack as long as a user may use the color light therapy device by connecting the power jack 40 to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a vehicle, or a socket at home. For example, the power jack 40 may be a universal serial bus (USB) jack that may be used by being connected to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, or a PDA, a charger jack such as a 5-pin jack, a 20-pin jack, a 24-pin jack, or a 30-pin jack that may be used by being connected to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, or a PDA, or a combined power/data jack, an audio and video input/output jack, a car cigar jack, a plug that is connected to a socket at home, or an alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) adaptor jack.
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The color light therapy device constructed as described above is used as follows.
The color light therapy device according to the present invention is used to treat an affected part, treat a specific body part associated with an acupuncture point by stimulating the acupuncture point at and through which qi-blood gathers around a body surface and passes, treat atopic dermatitis, treat pain or inflammation (for example, menstrual pain or burns), prevent and treat a stroke and dementia, or improve health by using energy of color light in medicine, oriental medicine, or alternative medicine.
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Assuming that the color light therapy device does not include the light source operation button 22 or the light source operation controller 60, when the user connects the power jack 40 to the smartphone or the PC, the light source 11 emits color light (for example, orange light, red light, green light, or yellow light) in a given wavelength range (for example, a visible light wavelength band ranging from 400 nm to 800 nm in which color light is visible at a point of time when the color light touches skin) to perform color light therapy on the user's body, and when the user separates the power jack 40 from the smartphone or the PC, the light source 11 is turned off.
By contrast, assuming that the color light therapy device includes the light source operation button 22 or the light source operation controller 60, when the user outputs a light source ON signal by pressing the light source operation button 22 included in the body 20 of the color light therapy device, or outputs a light source ON signal by pressing the light source operation button 61 included in the light source operation controller 60, the light source 11 emits color light.
Also, when the user outputs a light source OFF signal by pressing again the light source operation button 22 that is included in the body 20 of the color light therapy device or outputs a light source OFF signal by pressing again the light source operation button 61 that is included in the light source operation controller 60 while the light source 11 emits the color light, the light source 11 is turned off.
The color light emitted by the light source 11 of the body 20 is filtered and focused by the optical filter 12, is reflected by the reflector 13 to the light outlet 21, and is emitted through the light outlet 21, to be intensively irradiated to the menstrual pain treatment portion or the dementia treatment portion during a given period of time (for example, 10±5 minutes).
In fact, once the color light for treatment is irradiated to the menstrual pain treatment portion, photon energy is supplied to a damaged cell, metabolism of the damaged cell is boosted, circulation is promoted, and the supply of oxygen and nutrients to a damaged womb tissue is increased to relieve menstrual pain. For reference, menstrual pain treatment performed by the color light therapy device of the present invention is based on a principle that photons of light that are intensively irradiated to a menstrual pain treatment portion of a human body that is said in oriental medicine to be associated with the womb move along a meridian pathway, and react with light receptors in cells when reaching the womb, to generate nitrogen monoxide (nitric oxide (NO)), increase a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentration, relax a smooth muscle constituting the womb, boost circulation, and thus increase the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the damaged womb. Even in western medicine, since a point to which colorelight is irradiated is a portion where the womb exists, the color light irradiated to skin may reach and treat the womb based on this principle.
Also, once the color light for treatment is irradiated to the dementia treatment portion of the human body, photon energy is supplied to a brain cell or tissue, to increase a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentration in the brain cell or tissue, increase the generation of nitrogen monoxide (nitric oxide) by oxidative enzymes (cytochrome c oxidase), increase the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the brain cell or tissue, increase blood flow, reduce inflammation, and thus improve memory.
While the user performs menstrual pain treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the smartphone or performs dementia treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the PC as described in the above, when the light source pattern button 62 that is included in the light source operation controller 60 and repeatedly outputs a continuous light source pattern selection signal and a discontinuous light source pattern selection signal whenever being pressed once is manipulated, the color light emitted by the light source 11 may be continuously irradiated to the color light therapy portion of the human body or discontinuously irradiated to the menstrual pain treatment portion of the human body.
Also, while the user performs menstrual pain treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the smartphone or performs dementia treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the PC, when the time adjustment button 63 that is included in the light source operation controller 60 and adjusts a light source operation time is manipulated to adjust a period of time for which the color light emitted by the light source 11 is irradiated to the color light therapy portion of the human body, the color light therapy device may be performed for a desired period of time and after a preset time passes, the light source 11 may be automatically turned off.
Also, while the user performs menstrual pain treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the smartphone or performs dementia treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the PC, when the brightness adjustment button 64 that is included in the light source operation controller 60 and adjusts light source brightness is manipulated, brightness of the color light emitted by the light source 11 may be adjusted.
Also, when the user performs menstrual pain treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the smartphone or performs dementia treatment by connecting the color light therapy device to the PC, only power of the smartphone or the PC may be used, or a color light therapy program that is mounted in the smartphone or the PC and provides a color light therapy user interface (UI) screen may be driven to control the operation of the light source 11 of the color light therapy device, select a light source pattern, adjust a time, or adjust brightness. The color light therapy program would have been easily understood and implemented in various ways by one of ordinary skill in the art. For example, the color light therapy program may be driven when a color light therapy icon displayed on a wallpaper of the PC or a widget screen of the smartphone is selected, to provide the color light therapy UI screen for controlling the operation of the light source 11, selecting a light source pattern, adjusting a time, or adjusting brightness.
As described above, since visible light is used, a color light therapy device according to the present invention is safe with no side effects. Since a user may use the color light therapy device by connecting a power jack to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a PDA, a vehicle, or a socket at home while carrying the color light therapy device, anyone may conveniently use the color light therapy device to perform color light therapy on a human body without exchanging or charging a battery.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers all such modifications provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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