Patent ID: 6676655
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61N,A61Q

Abstract:
A method for the manipulation of collagen, fibroblast, and fibroblast-derived cell levels in mammalian tissue comprising:exposing said tissue to a plurality of pulses from at least one source of narrowband, multichromatic electromagnetic radiation having a dominant emissive wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 1600 nm; and filtering the source of narrowband, multichromatic electromagnetic radiation to regulate the transmission of infrared radiation to said tissue, wherein said pulses have a duration of from about 0.1 femtoseconds to about 100 seconds, the interpulse delay between said pulses is from about 0.1 to about 1000 milliseconds, and the energy fluence received by said tissue is less than about 10 joule per square centimeter and said source of narrowband, multichromatic electromagnetic radiation emits radiation in a bandwidth of about +/âˆ’100 nm wound the dominant emissive wavelength.