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Footwear having therapeutic light source

US10806211B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

BIOTHREAD LLC · US

Inventors

Jay Tapper · Wayne, US
Jens Johnson · Austin, US
Lawrence A. Blaustein · Moreland Hills, US
Jaleh Factor · Manhattan Beach, US
Charles Peter Althoff · New York, US
Lulin Ding · Brooklyn, US
Boris Kontorovich · Brooklyn, US
Kevin T. Foley · Germantown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD10B2501/061
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot.

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