US 12,343,559 B2
Device and method for blue light modulation of brain inflammation
Justin Williams, Cambridge, WI (US); Jyoti J Watters, Madison, WI (US); and Kevin P. Cheng, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,654.
Application 18/208,654 is a division of application No. 15/013,149, filed on Feb. 2, 2016, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338745 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0624 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0612 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0626 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method of modulating brain inflammation, comprising the steps of:
providing a support housing a light source and having flexible first and second projections projecting therefrom, wherein the light source has a first off condition and a second on condition wherein the light source generates light having a wavelength in a selected range and wherein the first and second projections having corresponding terminal ends;
inserting the support through an opening in a cranium housing a brain such that the light source is directed at and spaced from an outer surface of the brain and such that the terminal ends of the first and second projections engage an inner surface of the cranium, the terminal ends of the first and second projections being spaced by a dimension greater than the dimension of the opening in the cranium; and
switching of the light source to the on condition for a first portion of a treatment cycle.