DEVICE FOR THE PHOTOTHERAPEUTICAL TREATMENT OF HYPERBILIRUBENEMIA

摘要

The disclosure concerns a device for the phototherapeutic treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants by radiation. This device ensures that at most 10% of the radiation present in the effective range of 405 to 545 nm lies below 460 nm. Adverse effects associated with the presence of radiation of wavelengths shorter than 460 nm in the known devices are thereby avoided.