Stand-Alone Scanning Laser Device
AssigneeErchonia Corporation
InventorsSteven C. Shanks, Kevin B. Tucek
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Abstract
A stand-alone laser device that provides low level laser therapy using one or more laser sources. The laser sources are attached to one or more arms which can be positioned to cause the laser light to impinge on a desired area of a patient's body. A scanning apparatus is attached to the arms which comprise structures that cooperate to cause an optical element to be able to simultaneously rotate about a central axis and move in a linear motion along that axis to achieve any desired scan pattern. Laser light of different pulse widths, different beam shapes and different scan patterns can be applied externally to a patient's body. In the preferred embodiment, red light having a wavelength of about 635 nm is used to stimulate hair growth on a patient's scalp
Claims20
A laser device comprising:
- a) at least one laser energy source for generating a laser beam;
- b) a housing from which the laser beam emits;
- c) a scanning head connected to the housing positioned to receive the laser beam and configured to direct the laser beam to any location forward of the scanning head;
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- d) a support structure attached to the housing such that a patient can be scanned by the laser beam without moving the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.