Patent ID: 6494900
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
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; and (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; and (e) directing the beam of light to the biological tissue to be treated.