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Footwear having therapeutic light source

US11559102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

33Claims

0Family size

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	Aug 5, 2020
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2041

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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