ILLUMINATION SYSTEM BY CONTACT FOR TREATING NEONATAL JAUNDICE.

摘要

The present invention provides an illumination system by contact for phototherapy in the treatment of neonatal jaundice. The illumination systems by contact, based on optic fibers, are a very attractive alternative since the lateral pad that emits illumination is a passive element, which avoids patients to be exposed to hyperthermia or a possible electric discharge. However, the current illumination systems based on fiber optic are limited by the skin area of treatment, thus increasing the treatment time. The proposed illumination system duplicates the exposition area of the patient using a garment with inner illumination that allows large part of the body of the patient to be irradiated. This illumination system is characterized in that it presents a garment with inner illumination, which uses a couple of pads with lateral emission of illumination. The illumination system includes a source of blue light, an interconnection multifiber cable and an ergonomic garment with inner illumin ation. The pads of lateral emission of illumination are inserted into the bags of the garment with inner illumination, while the inlet end portion is connected to the source of blue light by means of the multifiber cable. The garment with inner illuminations is fastened to the body of the newborn. In such a manner, the light resulting from the illumination sources is uniformly distributed in the pads of lateral emission of illumination, irradiating therefore a large skin area of the neonate. The garment with inner illumination has an ergonomic design, which is manufactured for providing comfort during treatment. Once the system is interconnected, the intensity level being selected in the power selector, the exposition time programmed and the start selector pressed.