US 12,280,269 B2
Mobile ocular light therapy
Andrew John Barker, Calgary (CA)
Filed by Andrew John Barker, Calgary (CA)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,238, filed on Jan. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226595 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/06 (2013.01) [A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0666 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to be coupled to a hand-held computing device to project a beam of light to provide ocular light therapy to a subject viewing a display of the hand-held computing device, comprising:
a light-emitting assembly comprising;
a housing with a light-emitting aperture,
at least one light emitting diode (LED) device configured to emit light having a component of spectral emission in a spectral region with a wavelength range of 435 nm to 500 nm, wherein at least one third of total power emitted by the at least one LED device is in the spectral region,
a lens configured to collect the emitted light from the at least one LED device and form and focus an enlarged image of the at least one LED device and project a beam of the emitted light comprising the enlarged image through the light-emitting aperture onto eyes of a subject viewing a display of the hand-held computing device, wherein at a distance of 30 cm from the light-emitting aperture the beam of light projected onto the eyes of the subject has a height and a width of less than 20 cm measured between the points on the beam where an intensity of the beam is half of a maximum intensity of the beam; and
an electronic component configured to receive commands from the hand- held computing device;
application software loadable onto the hand-held computing device, the application software being configured to communicate with the electronic component of the light-emitting assembly and further configured to perform at least one function selected from the group consisting of: controlling light therapy session parameters, controlling light therapy settings, storing light therapy session parameters in a usage log and providing light therapy session data and/or light therapy session recommendations via a user interface of the hand-held computing device; and
a mounting bracket attached to the housing and configured to be removably attached to the hand-held computing device or a case of the hand-held computing device.