Handheld low-level laser therapy apparatus
AssigneeMichael Schlosser
InventorYonatan GERLITZ
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Abstract
A laser therapy device, including: a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam; a lens that is adapted to receive the beam directly from the laser diode and exploit the natural divergence of the laser diode to form an essentially coherent monochromatic, collimated beam; wherein the formed beam is adapted to form on a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam an elongated illuminated area in which the length of the illuminated area is at least twice the size of the width of the illuminated area; a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode; an encasement enclosing the laser diode, the lens and the controller; wherein the encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.
Claims15
A laser therapy device, comprising:
- a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam;
- a lens that is adapted to receive the beam directly from the laser diode and exploit the natural divergence of the laser diode to form an essentially coherent monochromatic, collimated beam;
- wherein the formed beam is adapted to form on a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam an elongated illuminated area in which the length of the illuminated area is at least twice the size of the width of the illuminated area;
- a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode;
- and
- an encasement enclosing said laser diode, said lens and said controller;
- wherein said encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.
A laser therapy device, comprising:
- a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam;
- a lens that is adapted to receive the beam from the laser diode;
- a controller that is adapted to control the duty cycle of the laser diode and maintain a constant power output;
- and
- an encasement enclosing said laser diode, said lens and said controller;
- wherein said encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.
A laser therapy device, comprising:
- a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam;
- a lens that is adapted to receive the beam from the laser diode;
- a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode;
- an encasement enclosing said laser diode, said lens and said controller;
- wherein said encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user;
- and wherein said device is activated by a safety mechanism by pressing the device against the illuminated object.
A laser therapy device, comprising:
- a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam;
- a visible light source that is adapted to provide a light beam that surrounds the beam formed by the laser diode. forming a frame around the illumination pattern formed by the laser beam;
- a lens that is adapted to receive the beam from the laser diode;
- a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode;
- an encasement enclosing said laser diode, said lens and said controller;
- wherein said encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.