US 11,857,801 B2
Device for treatment of traumatic brain injury and related systems and methods
Doug Devens, St. Paul, MN (US); Kevin Goodwin, Minneapolis, MN (US); Shannon Smith Williamson, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Geoff Daniel, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US); and AURORA CONCUSSION THERAPY SYSTEMS, Saint Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/050,610
Filed by Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/210304, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,400, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113853 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0622 (2013.01) [A61N 2005/0632 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0647 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traumatic brain injury treatment system, comprising:
(a) a headpiece comprising:
(i) a housing comprising:
1) a head cavity defined by the housing; and
2) an inner surface within the head cavity; and
(ii) a light array disposed on the inner surface, wherein the light array comprises a plurality of LED light assemblies, wherein the plurality of LED light assemblies further comprise a portion of the LED light assemblies disposed adjacent to a front sinus or a mastoid process of a patient's head when the patient's head is disposed within the housing, wherein the portion of the LED light assemblies disposed adjacent to the front sinus or the mastoid process have a different radiant intensity or are actuated to radiate for a different period of time than other LED light assemblies in the plurality of LED light assemblies;
(b) a power/communication line coupled to the light array;
(c) a controller coupled to the power/communication line; and
(c) an energy source coupled to the power/communication line.