APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL PHOTOTHERAPY (PAN IRRADIATION) OF NEW-BORN CHILDREN AFFECTED AEMOLITIC JAUNDICE

摘要

Apparatus for simultaneous bilateral phototherapy (pan irradiation) of new-born children, particularly for the cure of babies stricken with neonatal jaundice, characterized by the fact that it comprises a chamber made entirely of transparent material including the bed on which the child is placed and two groups of light sources placed respectively one above and one below the chamber in order to irradiate the entire surface of the new-born child's skin simultaneously in one treatment without having to submit the patient to continual changes of position, in order to obtain complete treatment of his skin and reduce in this manner the whole duration of his treatment.