US 12,115,384 B2
Devices and methods for illuminating tissue to induce biological effects
Antony Paul van de Ven, Nong Kae (TH)
Assigned to KNOW Bio, LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by KNOW Bio, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/201,061.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288413 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0603 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0624 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0607 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination device comprising:
a housing;
a light source within the housing;
support circuitry within the housing, the support circuitry being coupled to the light source;
a deformable light guide on the housing and optically coupled to the light source, the deformable light guide configured to conform to a surface of tissue when in contact with the tissue such that light from the light source is coupled directly from the deformable light guide to the tissue; and
an additional light source positioned within the housing such that light from the additional light source exits a portion of the housing that is separate from the deformable light guide.