Light therapy bed with illuminated mesh support structure

An apparatus comprising:

• a rigid support frame;
• a photobiomodulation (PBM) mesh structure supported by the frame to form a patient support surface adapted to contactingly support a patient above an underlying base surface, the mesh structure comprising a plurality of spaced apart illuminating strands interconnected with a plurality of spaced apart non-illuminating strands, each of the illuminating strands comprising a series of light sources enclosed within an outer sleeve comprising an enclosed tube of transparent flexible material through which electromagnetic radiation in the form of emitted light passes to impinge upon a dermal region of the human patient, each of the non-illuminating strands comprising a substantially non-elastic reinforcement member, the mesh structure further providing an array of mesh apertures extending between adjacent pairs of the illuminating strands to provide an open mesh arrangement;
• a tensioner configured to adjustably apply tension to the PBM mesh structure during contacting support of the patient, the tensioner applying a higher, first tension to each of the non-illuminating strands while concurrently applying a lower, second tension to each of the illuminating strands so that the non-illuminating strands bear a greater amount of a weight of the patient and the illuminating strands bear a lesser amount of the weight of the patient;
• and
• a control circuit configured to supply electrical power to the mesh structure to supply light therapy to the human patient via the illuminating strands at a selected wavelength.