Device and Method of Treating Fungal Nail Infections
AssigneesGadi Presburger, Asaf Tenne, M.B. Mazor Consulting and Services Ltd, Medical Quant Ltd, Amos Thein
InventorsMoshe POVOLOSKY, Gal Elchanan GOTLIEB
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Abstract
Methods and devices of treating fungal nail infections are disclosed. A portable device for treating fungal nail infections includes an irradiator configured to irradiate light of at least first and second types, and an attaching element configured to attach the radiator to a digit having a nail which is infected by a fungal infection, and to position the irradiator at a position suitable to irradiate at least part of the nail.
Claims24
A portable finger clip device for treating fungal nail infections, comprising:
- an irradiator configured for irradiating the treated area, comprising at least one blue light emitting diode (LED) as a first light source and at least one IR laser light as a second light source, housed therein;
- a power source;
- and
- a controller for controlling said at least one blue (LED) and said at least one IR laser light source,
- wherein said controller is adapted to control said irradiator to generate said red light and/or said blue light according to a suitable frequency scheme;
- said frequency scheme includes blue light irradiation at a wavelength of between 390 nm and 500 nm and said red light irradiation at a wavelength of between about 600 nm and about 950 nm;
- further wherein said blue LED source and said IR laser light source are arranged in a geometric array such that the projected beams of said light sources are configured to at least partially overlap said treated area.
A method of using a device for irradiating an infected fungal nail comprising steps of:
- providing a portable finger clip device for treating fungal nail infections, comprising:
- i. an irradiator configured for irradiating the treated area, comprising at least one blue light emitting diode (LED) as a first light source and at least one IR laser light as a second light source, housed therein;
- ii. a power source;
- and,
- iii. a controller for controlling said at least one blue (LED) and said at least one IR laser light source;
- providing a frequency scheme;
- positioning said irradiator upon said treated area at a position suitable to irradiate at least partly of said nail;
- and
- operating said irradiator to irradiate light of at least one said blue light source and at least one said red light source on at least a portion of said treated area,
- wherein said method additionally comprising steps of irradiating at least one said blue light source and/or at least one said red light source according to a suitable frequency scheme comprising said blue light at a wavelength of between 390 nm and 500 nm and said red light in a wavelength of between 600 nm and 950 nm;
- said frequency scheme including a first sequence of frequencies increasing linearly and continuously from a first frequency to a second, greater frequency, and a second sequence of said frequencies decreasing linearly and continuously from said second frequency to said first frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.