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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
C Norman Shealy, FairGrove, MO (US);
Roger K Cady, Springfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
21st Century Holdings, Inc., Longwood, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 27 ;
Abstract
A light emitting relaxation device and method for placing a subject in a relaxed state. The relaxation device includes a portable mask that has a flashing light source. When the mask is positioned on the subject's head a flashing light, have a preselected color, is emitted into the subject's eyes. The color is selected to increase beta endorphins in the bloodstream of the subject. The mask, preferably, is totally self-contained having built-in controls to set the speed, intensity and duration of the flashing light.