US 11,850,444 B2
Medical apparatus and method
Richard Anthony Kirk, London (GB); Martin Neil Holland, Maidenhead (GB); Thomas Snell, Stockton-on-Tees (GB); Duncan Hill, Durham (GB); and Luke Stuart Barclay, Gateshead (GB)
Assigned to Polyphotonix Limited, Sedgefield (GB)
Filed by Polyphotonix Limited, Sedgefield (GB)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/893,247.
Application 16/893,247 is a continuation of application No. 14/380,255, abandoned, previously published as PCT/GB2013/050254, filed on Feb. 4, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 1203005 (GB), filed on Feb. 22, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0384286 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61F 9/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0613 (2013.01) [A61F 9/029 (2013.01); A61F 9/04 (2013.01); A61N 5/0618 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0626 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0648 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0653 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0662 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical apparatus, comprising:
a radiation source for emitting radiation towards at least one eye of a patient;
a mount element comprising a mask arranged to be attached to the patient's face for positioning the radiation source in a predetermined position in the region of the at least one eye of the patient so that, in use, the radiation source emits radiation towards the at least one eye of the patient, wherein the mask comprises a flexible portion to conform to the shape of the patient's face;
a sensor element arranged to provide a signal indicative of whether the apparatus is being worn by the patient;
at least one controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor, and to determine whether the apparatus is being worn by the patient, and to determine duration data indicative of the duration for which the radiation source emits radiation whilst the apparatus is being worn by the patient; and
wherein the sensor element forms a flap extending from a periphery of the mount element.