Apparatus And Methods For Phototherapy
AssigneeBWT Property, Inc.
InventorsBrian Pryor, Sean Xiaolu Wang
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Abstract
There is provided a phototherapy apparatus, in which the therapeutic light is delivered through one or more massage components. The massage component provides mechanical massage to the subject biological tissue and modifies the properties of the subject tissue in thickness, density, etc. to facilitate the absorption of the therapeutic light and enhance the effect of the phototherapy procedure. The light source of the phototherapy apparatus is actively cooled by a synthetic jet cooler.
Claims15
A phototherapy apparatus for treatment of a biological tissue, the phototherapy apparatus comprising:
- at least one light source to provide therapeutic light to be absorbed by the biological tissue to produce a first therapeutic effect;
- and
- at least one massage component to provide mechanical massage to the biological tissue to produce a second therapeutic effect;
- wherein said therapeutic light and mechanical massage are applied to the biological tissue in a concerted manner, wherein the mechanical massage modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to facilitate absorption or interaction of the therapeutic light with the biological tissue to improve said first therapeutic effect, and the therapeutic light modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to improve said second therapeutic effect.
A method for making a phototherapy apparatus for treatment of a biological tissue, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one light source to provide therapeutic light to be absorbed by the biological tissue to produce a first therapeutic effect;
- and
- providing at least one massage component to provide mechanical massage to the biological tissue to produce a second therapeutic effect;
- wherein said therapeutic light and mechanical massage are applied to the biological tissue in a concerted manner, wherein the mechanical massage modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to facilitate absorption or interaction of the therapeutic light with the biological tissue to improve said first therapeutic effect, and the therapeutic light modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to improve said second therapeutic effect.
A method for treatment of biological tissue with phototherapy, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one light source to provide therapeutic light to be absorbed by the biological tissue to produce a first therapeutic effect;
- and
- providing at least one massage component to provide mechanical massage to the biological tissue to produce a second therapeutic effect;
- wherein said therapeutic light and mechanical massage are applied to the biological tissue in a concerted manner, wherein the mechanical massage modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to facilitate absorption or interaction of the therapeutic light with the biological tissue to improve said first therapeutic effect, and the therapeutic light modifies a plurality of properties or conditions of the biological tissue to improve said second therapeutic effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.