Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for producing a monochromatic light beam

US5453883A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
5References
18Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1993
Grant dateSep 26, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N2005/0663
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for producing a substantially monochromatic light beam for chromotherapy and/or actinotherapy is disclosed ; the apparatus comprises a transportable housing including a light source, which housing includes a movable heterogeneous interference filter mounted on a support that is displaceable by means of a motor, said apparatus further including a wand enabling said light beam to be directed onto a zone to be treated, and said apparatus also including transmission means for conveying said light beam from said housing to said wand, said housing including an infrared filter interposed between said light source and said interference filter.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.