NZ781551B2

NZ781551B2 - Device for biostimulating phototherapy

Info

Publication number: NZ781551B2
Application number: NZ781551A
Authority: NZ
Inventors: Jurgen Gerstenmeier
Original assignee: Jk Holding Gmbh
Filing date: 2020-04-02
Publication date: 2024-02-27

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for biostimulating phototherapy, in particular in conjunction with a therapy appliance. The device comprises at least one first light-emitting unit for directly and/or indirectly applying light of a first wavelength to at least one part of a human or animal body, and a control unit for outputting application routines. The device also comprises a module interface for operatively connecting the control unit to the at least one first light-emitting unit, and a core interface for operative connection to a therapy appliance. The control unit is designed such that it is able to receive data from the therapy apparatus via the core interface and, on the basis of these data, is able to control the output of an application routine via the module interface wherein the data from the therapy apparatus is indicative of parameters of the therapy apparatus and/or parameters of treatment delivered by the therapy apparatus. The invention also relates to: a therapy appliance fitted with the device according to the invention, for physical treatment of a patient using enhanced biostimulating phototherapy; a method for operating a device according to the invention; and a computer program product for executing this method.

Claims

1. A device for supplementary biostimulating phototherapy in conjunction with a y apparatus, comprising: a. at least one first light-emitting unit configured to directly and/or indirectly apply light at least of a first wavelength to at least one part of a human or animal body; b. a control unit configured to output application routines; c. a module interface configured to operatively connect the control unit to the at least one first light-emitting unit, and optionally to a plurality of light-emitting units, and d. a core ace configured to operatively connect to a therapy apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to receive data from the therapy tus via the core interface and, on the basis of the data from the y apparatus, to control the output of an application routine via the module interface, wherein the data from the therapy apparatus is tive of parameters of the therapy apparatus and/or parameters of treatment red by the therapy apparatus.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a plurality of light-emitting units for directly and/or indirectly applying light at least of a first wavelength to at least one part of a human or animal body.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the module interface is designed for operatively connecting the control unit to the plurality of light-emitting units for directly and/or ctly applying light at least of a first wavelength to at least one part of a human or animal body.

4. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an application routine is designed to be emitted via the at least one first light-emitting unit and/or the plurality of light-emitting units as a light um comprising light with a wavelength between 380 and 780 nm.

5. The device ing to claim 4, wherein the light spectrum consists of light of different wavelengths and relative intensity, n the light spectrum comprises a proportion of relative intensity of at most 25% light of a wavelength between 380 and 400 nm and at most 50% light of a wavelength between 500 and 550 nm, or n the light spectrum comprises a proportion of relative intensity of at least 75% light of a wavelength between 380 and 450 nm and at most 50% light of a wavelength of 650 nm.

6. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ation routine comprises applying light to at least one part of a human or animal body over a time period determined by the control unit by means of the data which are received via the core ace.

7. The device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, n the plurality of light-emitting units for directly and/or indirectly applying light of a wavelength to at least one part of a human or animal body are configured so that they comprise light-emitting units which each generate different wavelengths for generating different biostimulating phototherapies.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the emitting units which each generate different wavelengths each comprise a separate module interface for the respective biostimulating herapy.

9. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the control unit is designed to take into consideration additional data selected from the group consisting of time-of-day data, weather data, patient data, apparatus data, for outputting application routines.

10. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising an input apparatus for acquiring input data, and wherein the control unit is designed to take into consideration the input of data for outputting application routines.

11. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising a non-invasive biosensor for ing physiological parameters of a t.

12. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the at least one first lightemitting unit comprises light-emitting diodes designed by doping to emit light of a certain wavelength.

13. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, also comprising a securing means for securing the device on a therapy apparatus.

14. The device ing to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the at least one first lightemitting unit is designed to emit substantially no light of a ngth of less than 380 nm such that a relative intensity of UV radiation in a spectrum of light emitted by the at least one first light-emitting unit is less than 3%.

15. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, also comprising a network interface for ting the control unit to a computer network and/or to one or more onal devices according to claim 1.

16. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, comprising a memory unit (6) for storing the data and/or application routines.

17. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 16, n the at least one first lightemitting unit is designed to apply light of high intensity to at least one part of a human or animal bodyin a certain frequency range.

18. A therapy apparatus for physical treatment of a patient and n the therapy apparatus is fitted with supplementary biostimulating phototherapy, comprising: a. a therapy unit for generating external stimulation for therapeutic purposes, and b. at least one device for mulating phototherapy according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

19. The therapy apparatus ing to claim 18, wherein the therapy apparatus comprises a plurality of devices for biostimulating phototherapy according to any one of claims 1 to 17, and the devices are networked so that they are designed for the networked output of application routines.

20. The therapy apparatus according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the therapy unit is a UV tanning tus designed to achieve a skin tanning effect by irradiation, and the device for biostimulating phototherapy is ed to output an application routine via the control unit, an application routine which comprises a preceding run and/or a following run, wherein the preceding run is between one and five minutes with a spectrum between 780 nm and 1400 nm and the following run is between 1 and 5 min with a spectrum n 780 nm and 1400 nm.

21. The therapy apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the at least one first light-emitting unit is designed for emitting pulsed light, wherein the pulsing is optionally carried out with a frequency range between 90 and 400 Hz, or at a frequency selected from the group consisting of 97 Hz, 194 Hz, or 388 Hz.

22. A method for operating a device according to any one of claims 1 to 17, comprising the steps of: a. receiving data from a therapy apparatus connected via a core interface; b. processing the received data for outputting an application routine, wherein the application routine is ed to be carried out by the at least one first light-emitting unit for emitting light at least of a first ngth, and wherein c. the received data comprise information on at least one of the following les: time course of a therapy session, ent goal of a therapy session, number and duration of any therapy sessions that have already occurred, medical condition of the therapy recipient before, after and during the therapy session, emotional state of the y recipient before, after and during the therapy session, and wherein the application routine is output on the basis of the received data.

23. A method for operating a device according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the device is a device for supplementary mulating phototherapy in conjunction with a therapy apparatus, wherein the therapy apparatus comprises a therapy unit which is a UV tanning tus designed to achieve a skin tanning effect by irradiation and n the biostimulating phototherapy is to reinforce the tanning effect achieved by the UV tanning apparatus, the method sing the steps of: a. outputting an application routine which is d in the form of a light program via at least one and/or a plurality of light-emitting units as light spectrum, and which comprises applying light to at least one part of a human or animal body over a time period, and wherein b. the time period ses a run ing and a run following the therapy duration.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the ation routine comprises applying light spectra during the preceding run and/or the following run, the peaks of which are primarily in the red and/or in the near-infrared range.

25. A computer program product for executing on a computer a method according to claim 22 for supplementary biostimulating herapy in conjunction with a therapy apparatus. 1 / 1 7 3.2 8-- 2 so? 4.2