Patent ID: 6267780
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method for treating musculoskeletal injury, said method comprising the steps of:providing a low level laser therapy probe having an end face and comprising a plurality of laser energy sources, each laser energy source for emitting a laser energy beam having a wavelength in the visible to near-infrared range, the probe configured so that the laser energy beams overlap at a distance of about 0.5 to about 2.0 cm from the probe end face, the laser energy sources each having a power output sufficient to produce a combined mean power of over about 100 mW at the point of overlap;at at least one treatment point on skin adjacent a musculoskeletal injury site, using the probe end face to apply pressure adequate to blanch the skin; andat the at least one treatment point, activating the low level laser therapy probe.