Switchable low pulse rate and high pulse rate laser driver

A method of operating a cold laser therapy device, the method comprising:

• driving a diode laser with a first driver to propagate laser pulses towards a person's skin at a laser pulse rate within a first range of laser pulse rates;
• processing an instruction to tune the laser pulse rate of the diode laser from the first range of laser pulse rates to a laser pulse rate within a second range of laser pulse rates, wherein the second range of laser pulse rates is higher than the first range of laser pulse rates;
• disabling the first driver in response to the instruction;
• enabling a second driver in response to the instruction;
• and
• driving the diode laser with the second driver to propagate the laser pulses towards the person's skin at the laser pulse rate within the second range of laser pulse rates.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a controller of a cold laser therapy device, direct the controller to:

• drive a diode laser with a first driver to propagate laser pulses towards a person's skin at a laser pulse rate within a first range of laser pulse rates;
• process an instruction to tune the laser pulse rate of the diode laser from the first range of laser pulse rates to a laser pulse rate within a second range of laser pulse rates, wherein the second range of laser pulse rates is higher than the first range of laser pulse rates;
• disable the first driver in response to the instruction;
• enable a second driver in response to the instruction;
• and
• drive the diode laser with the second driver to propagate the laser pulses towards the person's skin at the laser pulse rate within the second range of laser pulse rates.