User Wearable Fluorescence Enabled Visualization System

Abstract

A user-wearable fluorescence based visualization system comprising a multi-light lamp assembly that provides for the selected output of light using multiple light emitting sources, wherein the outputted light may be tailored to generate response wavelength by the interaction of the emitted light and a tissue illuminated by the emitted light, through the process of fluorescence, and a viewing system that allows a practitioner view the fluorescent light generated by the tissue, and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vision enhancement system comprising:
 a light assembly comprising:
 a plurality of linearly arranged lighting elements, wherein said plurality of lighting elements are oriented to project a light generated by a corresponding one of said plurality of lighting elements to a common point along a central axis, 
   said plurality of lighting elements configured to:
 emit a light; and 
   an eyewear comprising:
 a plurality of lenses, wherein each of said plurality of lenses comprises:
 a filtering system, configured to:
 attenuate a reflection of said emitted light; and 
 allow passage of a fluorescent light, wherein said second light being generated by said interaction of said emitted light with a object. 
 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein said light assembly is attached to a headband. 
     
     
         3 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , comprising:
 an electronic circuit comprising:
 a switch; and 
 a switch control, said switch control configured to:
 control said switch to apply a voltage to at least one of said plurality of lighting elements. 
 
   
     
     
         4 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein each of said lighting elements comprises:
 at least one lighting source comprises one of: a lasing diode and a non-lasing diode.   
     
     
         5 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein selected ones of said plurality of lighting elements comprise:
 a transmission filter, said transmission filter configured to limit a wavelength range of light emitted by said lighting elements.   
     
     
         6 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of lighting elements are arranged horizontally. 
     
     
         7 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of lighting elements are arranged vertically. 
     
     
         8 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , said filtering system comprising one of:
 an optical tinting, an optical coating and an optically opaque material.   
     
     
         9 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of lenses comprises:
 a magnification device configured to:
 magnify said reflection of said emitted light and said fluorescent light by a known magnification level, said magnification device comprising:
 a magnification filter system configured to:
 attenuate said reflection of said emitted light; and 
 allow passage of said fluorescent light. 
 
 
   
     
     
         10 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 1 , wherein said emitted light is one of: a white light and a colored light. 
     
     
         11 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 10 , wherein a first one of said plurality of lighting elements emits light at a wavelength within a lower end of a known colored wavelength range and a second one of said plurality of lighting elements emits light at a wavelength within an upper end of said known colored wavelength range. 
     
     
         12 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 10 ,
 wherein a first one of said plurality of lighting elements and a second one of said plurality of lighting elements emit light at a substantially same wavelength. device.   
     
     
         13 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 2 , wherein said switch control is one of:
 a touch control, a touch-less control and a wireless control.   
     
     
         14 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 13 , wherein said wireless control comprises:
 a receiver configured to:
 receive an indication of an event indicating a change in a position of a switch remote from said vision enhancement system. 
   
     
     
         15 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 14 , wherein said switch remote from said vision enhancement system comprises:
 a transmitter comprising:
 one of: a BLUETOOTH transmitter, a Zigbee transmitter, a Z-Wave transmitter and a 6LoWPAN transmitter, said transmitter configured to: 
 transmit an indication of said change in position of said electronic circuit. 
   
     
     
         16 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 11 , wherein said light emitted by said first lighting element and light emitted by said second lighting element are emitted at different power levels. 
     
     
         17 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 2 , comprising:
 a power source, said power source configured to:
 provide said voltage to said electronic circuit, said power source being one of: attached to said light assembly and remotely positioned from said light assembly. 
   
     
     
         18 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 4 , wherein said at least one lighting source is arranged about an inner circumference of a corresponding one of said plurality of lighting elements. 
     
     
         19 . The vision enhancement system of  claim 18 , wherein said at least one lighting source emits light in one of: a same wavelength range and a different wavelength range.