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Application US20060136018
Published 2006-06-22
Apparatus For Administering Light Stimulation
An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock is disclosed. In one form, the apparatus includes two pairs of light emitting diodes having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm and a frame adapted to be worn on the face of a wearer. The frame is arranged to support the two pairs of light emitting diodes so that one pair of the light emitting diodes is supported adjacent a surface of each eye of the wearer. The light emitting diodes of each pair project a light output that illuminates a different area of the retina of a respective eye and are spaced apart so as to provide a viewing zone therebetween.
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- 1. An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock including at least two light emitting diodes having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm, a frame adapted to be worn on the face of a wearer and support one of said light emitting diodes adjacent the surface of each eye to direct light at the pupil of each eye.
- 17. The apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1, wherein the electronic circuitry includes the frame.
- 21. An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock, the apparatus including:
two pairs of light emitting diodes having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm; and a frame adapted to be worn on the face of a wearer and arranged to support the two pairs of light emitting diodes so that one pair of the light emitting diodes is supported adjacent a surface of each eye of the wearer; wherein the light emitting diodes of each pair project a light output that illuminates a different area of the retina of a respective eye and wherein the light emitting diodes of each pair are spaced apart so as to provide a viewing zone therebetween.
- 38. An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock, the apparatus including:
a light emitting element associated with each eye of a wearer, each light emitting element having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm; and a support member for supporting each light emitting element so that each light emitting element is arranged to illuminate an area of the retina of a respective eye; wherein the area of a respective retina that is illuminated by a respective light emitting element excludes the macula.
- 42. An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock, the apparatus including:
a light emitting element associated with each eye of a wearer, each light emitting element having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm; and a support member for supporting each light emitting element so that each light emitting element is arranged to illuminate an area of the retina of a respective eye; wherein the light emitting elements are supported so as to be located in non homologous areas of the wearer's visual field such that visual obstruction of the monocular visual field of one eye caused by a respective light emitting element is not paired with visual obstruction of the monocular visual field of the other eye caused by the other light emitting element so that binocular obstruction does not occur in any area of the wearer's visual field.
- 46. An apparatus for administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock, the apparatus including:
two pairs of light emitting elements having an emission wavelength in the range 450 nm to 530 nm; and a frame adapted to be worn on the face of a wearer and arranged to support the two pairs of light emitting elements so that one pair of the light emitting elements is supported adjacent a surface of each eye of the wearer such that the light emitting elements of each pair project a light output that illuminates different areas of the peripheral retina; wherein the light emitting elements of each pair are spaced apart so as to provide a viewing zone therebetween.
- 48. A method of administering light to effect re-timing of the human body clock, the method including illuminating different areas of the peripheral retina of an eye of a wearer using a light emission having a wavelength in the range of 450 nm to 530 nm.
