Photobiomodulation therapy to reduce the effects of fibromyalgia
AssigneeMulti Radiance Medical
InventorsDouglas Johnson, Max Kanarsky, Ernesto Leal-Junior
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Abstract
Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) can be applied to a tender area on a subject's body to treat fibromyalgia. A light source device can be contacted to a subject's skin proximal to a tender area on the subject's body. A light signal (with wavelengths from the red to infrared part of the spectrum) can be applied in at least one of a pulsed operating mode, a continuous operating mode, and a super-pulsed operating mode through the light source device to the tender area. The light signal is applied for a time sufficient to stimulate a phototherapeutic response in the tender area to treat fibromyalgia.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- contacting a light source device to a subject's skin proximal to a tender area on the subject's body;
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- applying a light signal through the light source device to the tender area, wherein the light signal is applied for a predetermined time to stimulate a phototherapeutic response in the tender area, wherein the light signal is applied to treat fibromyalgia,
- wherein the light source device comprises a first source configured to generate a first portion of the light signal with a wavelength from 890-910 nm, a second source configured to generate a second portion of the light signal with a wavelength from 600-700 nm, and a third source configured to generate a third portion of the light signal with a wavelength from 810-880 nm,
- wherein the first source operates in a super-pulsed operating mode, the second source operates in a pulsed operating mode or a continuous operating mode, and the third source operates in the pulsed operating mode or the continuous operating mode.
A light source device configured to contact a subject's skin above a tender point in the subject's body to treat fibromyalgia comprising:
- a cluster of light delivery sources comprising:
- a first light source configured to generate a first portion of a light signal with a wavelength from 890-910 nm in a super pulsed operation mode;
- a second light source configured to generate a second portion of a light signal with a wavelength from 600-700 nm in a pulsed operating mode or a continuous operating mode;
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- a third light source configured to generate a third portion of a light signal with a wavelength from 810-880 nm in a pulsed operating mode or a continuous operating mode,
- a permanent magnet that provides a constant magnetic field from 5 mT-1 T;
- a processing unit preprogrammed with a predetermined time for application of the light signal to the tender point in the subject's body to stimulate a phototherapeutic response in the tender point, wherein the light signal is applied to treat fibromyalgia;
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- a power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.