US 12,011,611 B2
Illumination devices for inducing biological effects
F. Neal Hunter, Durham, NC (US); Antony Paul van de Ven, Nongkae (TH); Nathan Stasko, Chapel Hill, NC (US); David T. Emerson, Durham, NC (US); Michael John Bergmann, Atlanta, GA (US); Thomas Matthew Womble, Wake Forest, NC (US); Adam Cockrell, Durham, NC (US); and Rebecca McDonald, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to KNOW Bio, LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by KNOW Bio, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,283.
Application 17/162,283 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/117,889, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,147,984.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,631, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,010, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,970, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,357, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,903, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290975 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0624 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0662 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination device comprising:
a housing that forms a mouthpiece for positioning within a user's oral cavity, the housing comprising an upper surface configured to receive an upper row of the user's teeth, a lower surface configured to receive a lower row of the user's teeth, an outer portion configured to reside along an outer perimeter of the user's teeth, an inner portion configured to reside along an inner perimeter of the user's teeth, and an end portion that is between the upper surface and the lower surface, the end portion defined at a termination of the outer portion and the inner portion;
at least one light source arranged within the housing to irradiate light on mammalian tissue;
an electronics module arranged within the mouthpiece, the electronics module comprising driver circuitry configured to drive the at least one light source; and
at least one optical port on the end portion, the at least one optical port being configured to pass light from the at least one light source to the mammalian tissue.