Dermaray UV For the Home Treatment of Psoriasis, Vitiligo and Atopic Dermatitis

Dermaray UV is a hand held ultraviolet light for treatment of the symptoms of Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Dermatitis and other skin conditions

About Ultraviolet Light Treatment

Clinical Trials over many, many years have proven that Narrow Band Ultraviolet Light is effective in treating skin conditions such as Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Dermatitis and Acne.

One of the most prevalent and persistent skin conditions is Psoriasis. Psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious autoimmune disease which affects the skin and joints. It commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin. UVB has been used to treat psoriasis for more than 75 years, initially in combination with crude coal tar, and later as monotherapy. UVB has been the phototherapy of choice for psoriasis since it was found to be less carcinogenic than PUVA (psoralen plus ultraviolet A phototherapy), and since the development in the late 1980s of a highly efficacious UVB lamp, termed "narrow band UVB".

UVB lamps are lamps that emit a spectrum of ultraviolet light of 290-320 nanometers. In general the skin does not need much of the UVB energy to generate Vitamin D3, and few minutes in a day are enough. Patients taking a course of UVB treatment usually attend their local Dermatology Clinic three times each week for eight to 10 weeks. In many cases this leads to complete or almost complete clearance of the disease.

The Dermaray Brand.

Dermaray is the registered brand name for what we believe to be the future in innovative and safe personal phototherapy devices. Over the last 11 years of selling established phototherapy devices, TCG Industrial has gained a solid understanding of the market, and the limitations of existing hand held, portable devices. The Directors saw a need for a product which was technically advanced in terms of its functionality, incorporated important safety features, and was reliable. They believed they could use their experience and design a range of pedigree phototherapy devices. In 2002, TCG Industrial began the design and development of the Dermaray product range.

In 2002 TCG Industrial began the design and development of the first Australian-made, portable ultraviolet narrow band device. TCG's Head Hardware Developer has solid design and development skills in both the Medical Industry (personally designed and developed TENs machines) and Information Technology (telecommunications technology for Australia's largest carriers).

2009 saw the successful completion of the Dermaray UV, which is now available to customers worldwide, and incorporates a wealth of unique and powerful features.

Dermaray UV Detailed Specification

Dermaray UV represents the finest quality and most technologically advanced hand held UVB Narrow Band 311nm phototherapy device available today.

With its comprehensive safety features, Dermaray UV is unlike any other hand held UV phototherapy lamp available.

Key Features and Benefits of Dermaray UV;

• Designed, constructed and tested in Australia under ISO international quality control standards.

• Dermaray UV is fitted standard with genuine Philips Medical NB-UVB311, Fluorescent Bulbs

• Innovative configuration wizard prompts user for skin condition to treat, skin type and areas requiring treatment and then calculates suggested exposure times accordingly.

• System intelligently manages frequency and duration of each treatment and exposure, significantly improving patient safety, and dramatically reducing the possibility of over exposure

• Electronic recording of total exposures and previous session times with auxiliary battery backup

• Industry first and patent pending safety proximity detector capable of protecting against accidental exposure and eye damage

• Onboard speaker warns against potential problems

• Onboard system diagnostics and configuration parameters for monitoring performance

• Electronic monitoring and alert for failed lamp (UV lamps can fail and still produce visible light)

• Electronic temperature monitoring

• Onboard LCD display, real time clock and data logging, with real programmable features

• Dermaray UV is an intelligent system based on powerful NXP/Philips, 32bit micro processor and a flash software upgradable design

• Dermaray contains 512kb memory capacity for storing individual 10 patient programs each with up to 32 treatment areas, statistics and session information

• PC USB connectivity for patient programming, software upgrades and data downloading (optional)

• Optional medical practitioner kit includes PC Connectivity Cable and software to program a "prescription" once the allocated program is completed the unit will deactivate until another prescription is entered by the medical practitioner.

• Optional distributor kit includes a PC Connectivity Cable, software and license to rebrand start-up display and logo etc.

• Dermaray UV is supplied standard with a universal 110-260v, 50~60Hz switching power transformer that can be used anywhere in the world by changing the external connection cable to suit your location

• Portable battery operation (industry first). Intelligent onboard battery charger properly conditions the Ni-MH battery and also prevents against over-charging and damage of batteries. This significantly extends battery life. The Eneloop Ni-Mh batteries used are environmentally recyclable

• To help protect our environment recycled cardboard packaging has been used where possible, and RoHS compliant lead free manufacturing processes have been followed to reduce hazardous materials

• Packaging includes Dermaray UV, a universal in-line approved power supply and two pairs of safety goggles, large and small design

• Each Dermaray-UV undergoes extremely rigorous post production testing, battery charge and discharge testing, operational, extreme climatic and environmental testing to ensure years of trouble free operation and the highest manufacturing quality

Nick Balgowan owns and operates TCG Industrial which provides electronic and industrial design services specialising in the communications and health industries. Nick Balgowan has designed and manufactured Dermaray Phototherapy systems for the home treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo and hair loss. He can be contacted at nick@tcgindustrial.com.au.