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.
Claims7
A photobiomodulation therapy light source device configured to contact a subject's skin proximal to a tender area on the subject's body and deliver a light signal to the subject through the subject's skin to treat fibromyalgia, the photobiomodulation therapy light source device comprising:
- a plurality of clusters of light delivery sources arranged in a ring configuration, each of the clusters of light delivery sources comprising:
- a super-pulsed infrared laser configured to operate in a super-pulsed operating mode to generate a first portion of the light signal that comprises an impulse of high intensity with a wavelength from 890-910 nm that emits for a billionth of a second;
- a plurality of red light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to generate a second portion of the light signal with a wavelength from 600-700 nm in a pulsed operating mode or a continuous operating mode;
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- a plurality of infrared LEDs configured to generate a third portion of the light signal with a wavelength from 810-880 nm in a pulsed operating mode or a continuous operating mode,
- wherein the super pulsed infrared laser is surrounded by the plurality of red LEDs and the plurality of infrared LEDs;
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- at least one permanent magnet configured to provide a constant magnetic field from 5 mT-1 T;
- a processing unit preprogrammed with a time duration for application of the light signal to a tender point to treat the tender area;
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- a power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.