Treatable Body

Surface Area (%)

Spectrum,

Total (nm)

Bandwidtha

(nm)

Peak

(nm)

Footprint

Irradiance

(mW/cm2

/nm)

Mean ± SD

Light Emitting

Diodes

NeoBLUE

Natus Medical, San Carlos, CA 30 100 420–450 20 462 30 ± 7

Fluorescent

BiliLite CW/BB

BiliLite BB

BiliLite TL52

BiliBed

Olympic Medical, San Carlos, CA

Olympic Medical, San Carlos, CA

Olympic Medical, San Carlos, CA

Medela,

McHenry, IL

45

45

45

0

100

100

100

71

380–720

400–550

400–626

400–560

69

35

69

80

578

445

437

450

8 ± 1

17 ± 2

19 ± 3

36 ± 2

Halogen

MiniBiliLite

Phototherapy Lite

Olympic Medical, San Carlos, CA

Philips Inc, Andover, MA

45

45

54

54

350–800

370–850

190

200

580

590

7 ± 5

5 ± 5

Halogen

fiberoptic

Biliblanket

Wallaby II Preterm

WallabyII Term

SpotLight 1000

PEP Model 2000

BiliSoft

Ohmeda,

Fairfield, CT

Philips, Inc, Andover, MA

Philips, Inc, Andover, MA

Philips, Inc, Andover, MA

PEP

Fryeburg, ME

GE Healthcare, Laurel, MD

0

0

0

45

23

0

24

19

53

54

100

71

390–600

400–560

400–560

400–560

400–717

400–670

70

45

45

45

63

40

533

513

513

513

445

453

20 ± 6

16 ± 6

8 ± 1

6 ± 3

28 ± 11

25 ± 16

a

Spectral bandwidth defined as the width of the emission spectrum in nm at 50% of peak light intensity.

From Bhutani VK, the Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Phototherapy to prevent severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation.

Pediatrics. 2011;128:e1046.