Method and apparatus for therapeutic laser treatment
OwnerMarvin Prescottinventor
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Abstract
A battery operated, portable laser bandage having one or many lasers or hyper-red light emitting diodes imbedded therein may be worn by a patient and applied to a specific treatment area. The device supplies the patient with a preprogrammed laser therapy regimen. The patient may wear the device for up to a week between visits to a physician. At the end of the prescribed treatment length or at the end of a week, batteries in the device may be changed or recharged and the physician may re-program the device for a different treatment regimen, if desired. The device is small enough to be worn under clothes and does not interfere with the patient's normal activities.
Claims28
A laser therapeutic device for treating a patient comprising:
- a flexible bandage;
- a power supply, disposed on said flexible bandage;
- at least one laser diode disposed in said flexible bandage and operatively connected with said power supply, for generating a laser beam;
- programmable control means, operatively connected with said power supply and said at least one laser diode, for selectively enabling said at least one laser diode for a predetermined period of time at a plurality of programmed intervals, said programmable control means including means for storing a treatment regimen for said laser therapeutic device;
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- attachment means, connected with said flexible bandage, for attaching said laser therapeutic device to the patient to provide the patient with a laser treatment in accordance with the stored treatment regimen.
A laser therapeutic device for treating a patient comprising:
- a flexible bandage formed of co-molded silicone;
- means for attaching said flexible bandage to a first location on the patient's body;
- a battery power supply, connected with said flexible bandage;
- a plurality of laser diodes disposed in said flexible bandage and operatively connected with said power supply, for generating a laser beam;
- programmable control means, operatively connected with said power supply and said at least one laser diode, for selectively enabling said at least one laser diode for a predetermined period of time at a plurality of predetermined intervals, said flexible bandage including a flexible circuit board having said programmable control means mounted thereon and said co-molded silicone forming a housing for said flexible circuit board and said battery;
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- a removable cover formed of a resilient material and adapted to fit about said housing, said cover having formed therein a lens for each of said plurality of laser diodes.
A laser therapy treatment method for treating a patient with laser energy, the method comprising the steps of:
- disposing at least one laser diode in a flexible bandage;
- connecting a power supply with said flexible bandage;
- operatively connecting said at least one laser diode with said power supply;
- attaching said flexible bandage and said power supply to the patient's body;
- providing a treatment storage device for storing a treatment regimen for said laser therapeutic device;
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- providing a programmable controller fox selectively enabling said at least one laser diode for a predetermined period of time at a plurality of predetermined intervals in accordance with the stored treatment regimen.
A laser therapeutic device for treating a patient comprising:
- a flexible bandage;
- means for attaching said flexible bandage to a first location on the patient's body;
- a power supply, connected with said flexible bandage;
- means for attaching said flexible bandage and said power supply to the patient's body;
- light source means, coupled with said flexible bandage and including at least one of a source of laser light and a hyper-luminescent light emitting diode, for generating at least one beam of light, said light source means being operatively connected with said power supply;
- storage means for storing prescribed treatment regimen for treating the patient;
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- programmable control means, operatively connected with said power supply and said light source means, for selectively enabling said light source means for a predetermined period of time at a plurality of predetermined intervals in accordance with said stored prescribed treatment regiment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.