Method for localized low energy photon therapy (LEPT)
OwnerNorman Salansky, Natalia Filonenkoinventors
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Abstract
Novel apparatus for treating a disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with light having selected optical parameters. The apparatus has a power source, a central microprocessor with stored optical parameter protocols and wireless probes to receive the protocols and to generate and transmit the light. The invention also relates to a method for stimulating healing of a disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with light having selected optical parameters.
Claims10
A method for stimulating healing of a dermatological, musculoskeletal, soft tissue or neurological disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with low energy light having selected optical parameters, comprising:
- (a) providing a central microprocessor having stored optical parameter protocols suitable for treating a range of disorders of biological tissue, said parameters including wavelength, power, intensity and dose;
- (b) selecting a stored optical parameter protocol for the disorder to be treated;
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- (c) providing an array of light emitting sources, all of said sources when activated producing substantially monochromatic non-ionizing light having a selected wavelength in the range of from 630 to 2000 nm and a bandwidth not exceeding substantially 30 to 40 nm, and each of said sources providing light of the same said selected wavelength;
- (d) activating selected ones of said light emitting sources to produce a desired three dimensional light distribution at said tissue according to the selected optical parameter protocol;
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- (e) directing the beam of light to the biological tissue to be treated.
A method of stimulating healing of a lesion in a mammal, comprising:
- irradiating the lesion with a beam of light using an array of light emitting sources, selected ones of said light emitting sources being activated to produce a desired three dimensional light distribution at said lesion, all of said sources when activated producing substantially monochromatic non-ionizing light having a selected wavelength in the range of from 630 to 2000 nm and a bandwidth not exceeding substantially 30 to 40 nm, and each of said sources providing light of the same said selected wavelength and no other wavelength, said beam of light having predetermined optical parameters, wherein the predetermined optical parameters include a dose of from 0.05 to 25 J/cm2, an intensity of from 0.2 to 5000 mW/cm2, a continuous wave mode or a pulse repetition rate of from 0 to 200 Hz, and optional modulation frequencies of said continuous wave mode or of said pulse repetition rate of any of from 0.2 to 0.3 Hz, 1 to 1.2 Hz, and 1 to 5 Hz.
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