IP Library Granted Patent US 8,652,188
Granted Patent B2
US 8,652,188 · App. 13/142,635 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Light irradiation device

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Patent No.
US 8,652,188
App. No.
13/142,635
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light irradiation device capable of easily removing and reducing hair with low power light without burden on skin. The light irradiation device according to the present invention includes a light source giving pulses of light in a wavelength range from 400 to 1200 nm and a light guide distributing the pulses of light given from the light source with energy intensity of 0.2 to 10 J/cm 2 at a predetermined distance from the light outgoing surface.

Claims (10)

1. A light irradiation device, comprising:

a light source giving pulses of light in a wavelength range from 400 to 1200 nm; and

a light guide distributing the pulses of light given from the light source in energy intensity of 0.2 to 10 J/cm2 at a predetermined distance from an outgoing surface,

wherein the light guide includes a light orientation controller adjusting the pulses of light from the light source,

wherein the light irradiation device cuts off a wavelength range using a filter, and

wherein the light orientation controller includes a light shielding portion made of an opaque material not transmitting light and an emission portion provided at a substantially rectangular open end of the light shielding portion, and the emission portion is partitioned by a plurality of partition members into a plurality of compartments arranged side by side so as to equalize the intensity of light at a predetermined distance from the outgoing surface.

2. The light irradiation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source gives the pulses of the light in a wavelength range from 550 to 1200 nm.

3. The light irradiation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an accommodation member accommodating the light source and the light guide, the accommodation member including a grip.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO.,LTD.,
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027697/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2011
From: HAMADA, CHOSEI; YAMASAKI, MASAKO; MATSUZAKI, TAKASHI
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026520/0444 →