Patent ID: 9694200
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61H,A61K,A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. A method for treatment of one or more skin medical conditions of a limb of a patient, the skin medical conditions including a fungal infection, the method comprising: inserting the limb of said patient within a hollow treatment chamber formed within a shoe shaped housing, the shoe shaped housing having at least one light source configured to emit skin treatment light energy, a circulation assembly configured to circulate a skin treatment aqueous solution, one or more sensors, and a power and control unit to control the circulation assembly and the at least one light source; detecting one or more skin parameters of the limb with the one or more sensors, the skin parameters selected from the group consisting of skin melanin concentration, skin hemoglobin concentration, and skin water content; controlling with the power and control unit: submerging the limb or a portion thereof in said skin treatment aqueous solution by delivering the amount of skin treatment aqueous solution to the treatment chamber, with the circulation assembly; circulating the amount of the skin treatment aqueous solution within the treatment chamber with the circulation assembly for the duration of exposure; and irradiating said limb within the treatment chamber with the amount of skin treatment energy at a wavelength absorbed by the skin of the limb, with the at least one light source.