Multi-probe laser device
AssigneeErchonia Corporation
InventorsSteven C. Shanks, Kevin B. Tucek
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Abstract
A hand-held laser device that can simultaneously provide multiple types of low level laser therapy treatments to multiple areas of a patient's body simultaneously. The device enables laser light of different pulse widths, different beam shapes and spot sizes to be applied to a patient's body. The device includes multiple laser sources. In the preferred embodiment, two semiconductor diode laser sources simultaneously provide two separate laser beams from separate probes, one laser beam producing laser light at a first pulse width and the other producing laser light at a second pulse width.
Claims34
A multi-probe device comprising:
- a) one or more laser energy sources for generating two or more laser beams;
- b) two or more probes from which the laser beams emit, each of the probes being capable of being retained in a hand of a user and freely moved relative to the surface of the skin of a patient;
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- c) an optical arrangement attached to each probe for receiving the laser beams and for transforming each of the laser beams into a desired spot shape.
A therapeutic laser device comprising:
- a) a first semiconductor diode laser energy source generating a first laser beam and a second semiconductor diode laser energy source generating a second laser beam;
- b) a first probe from which the first laser beam emits, the first probe having an interior cavity and being capable of being retained in a hand of a user and freely moved relative to the surface of the skin of a patient;
- c) an optical arrangement mounted in the interior cavity of the first probe for receiving the laser beams and for transforming each of the laser beams into a desired spot shape wherein the first laser beam's spot shape;
- d) a second probe from which the second laser beam emits, the second probe having an interior cavity and being capable of being retained in a hand of a user and freely moved relative to the surface of the skin of a patient;
- e) an optical arrangement mounted in the interior cavity of the second probe for receiving the second laser beam and for transforming the second laser beam into a desired spot shape;
- f) a control circuit for independently controlling each of the generated laser beams.
A multi-probe device comprising:
- a) a base;
- b) one or more laser energy sources housed in the base for generating two or more laser beams;
- c) two or more probes from which the laser beams emit, each of the probes being capable of being retained in a hand of a user and freely moved relative to the surface of the skin of a patient;
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- d) an optical arrangement attached to each probe for receiving the laser beams and for transforming each of the laser beams into a desired spot shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.