US 12,237,065 B2
Phototherapy apparatus with interactive user interface
Brian Pryor, Newark, DE (US); and Sean Xiaolu Wang, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to LiteCure, LLC, New Castle, DE (US)
Filed by LiteCure, LLC, New Castle, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,123.
Application 18/364,123 is a continuation of application No. 17/303,327, filed on May 26, 2021, granted, now 11,756,665.
Application 17/303,327 is a continuation of application No. 16/571,768, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,031,115, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/571,768 is a continuation of application No. 16/148,791, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,413,746, issued on Aug. 28, 2019.
Application 16/148,791 is a continuation of application No. 15/707,723, filed on Sep. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,086,211, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Application 15/707,723 is a continuation of application No. 15/344,025, filed on Nov. 4, 2016, granted, now 9,764,155, issued on Sep. 19, 2017.
Application 15/344,025 is a continuation of application No. 14/976,877, filed on Dec. 21, 2015, granted, now 9,498,640, issued on Nov. 22, 2016.
Application 14/976,877 is a continuation of application No. 14/226,138, filed on Mar. 26, 2014, granted, now 9,216,300, issued on Dec. 22, 2015.
Application 14/226,138 is a continuation of application No. 12/964,774, filed on Dec. 10, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/285,762, filed on Dec. 11, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029855 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01)
CPC G16H 20/30 (2018.01) [A61N 5/06 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61N 2005/0626 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A phototherapy apparatus for treating a non-human animal target or a human target, the phototherapy apparatus comprising:
at least one light source for producing therapeutic light;
a control unit configured for determining parameters of the therapeutic light in accordance to user defined medical conditions and physical characteristics, and generating an optimum treatment protocol for treating the animal target or human target;
an interactive user interface configured to display information to a user and to receive user input from the user, the user interface in operational communication with the control unit, the control unit configured to control the touchscreen to:
receive a user input to select the physical characteristics for treatment, the physical characteristics including a body area, a body size, and a skin color of the body, and concurrently display an indication of the selected body size and skin color,
wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the parameters based on the selected body area, the selected body size, and the selected skin color.