US 12,303,709 B2
Light-emitting device and method for providing phototherapy to the brain
Luis De Taboada, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Jackson Streeter, Newberry, FL (US)
Assigned to Pthera, LLC, Newark, DE (US)
Filed by Pthera LLC, Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,090.
Application 17/456,090 is a continuation of application No. 16/135,570, filed on Sep. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,179,572.
Application 16/135,570 is a continuation of application No. 12/496,571, filed on Jul. 1, 2009, granted, now 10,188,872, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Application 12/496,571 is a continuation of application No. 11/385,988, filed on Mar. 21, 2006, granted, now 7,575,589, issued on Aug. 18, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/763,261, filed on Jan. 30, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152415 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0613 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00005 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2244 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61N 2005/007 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0647 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for irradiating at least a portion of a brain of a patient, comprising:
placing a light emitting device in contact with a head of the patient, the light emitting device comprising a source of electromagnetic radiation and a heat sink;
propagating the electromagnetic radiation from the source through the heat sink, thereby reducing a temperature of the source as the electromagnetic radiation passes through the heat sink; and
irradiating the brain of the patient with the propagated electromagnetic radiation using the light emitting device,
wherein the light emitting device further comprises a cooler and an output optical element thermally coupled to the heat sink and the cooler.