Patent ID: 11925816
Assignee: RONALD L. RUBIN
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for treating an oral cavity malady in an oral cavity of a patient, the method comprising:
providing a device that is configured to be hand-held during use, the device being battery powered and including a laser;
applying a spot of a laser beam generated by the laser of the device to a target area in the oral cavity to stimulate mitochondria at the target area without inserting the device into the oral cavity, said laser beam having a continuous wavelength in a range from 800 nanometers (nm) to 840 nm and a power of between 1000 milliwatts (mW) and 4000 mW, and wherein said spot has a spot size of 1 millimeter (mm) to 10 mm; and
moving said spot on said target area for a treatment time sufficient to deliver a dose of 0.5 Joules/centimeter2 (J/cm2) to 30 J/cm2 to said target area.