Patent ID: 7722656
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for promoting the hair growth on a scalp of a patient's head, the method comprising the following steps: selecting one or more areas on the scalp, wherein each of the one or more areas contain hair follicles for which stimulation is required; selecting from a plurality of caps a selected cap having one or more light sources configured thereon in a fixed configuration, the configuration selected to radiate the one or more areas, each light source having a dispersion pattern and emitting a wavelength of coherent light at a specified power level, the wavelength of the coherent light in a range from about 2500 nm to about 10,000 nm: attaching the selected cap to a bonnet arranged to hold the cap at the distance from and over the scalp and to rotate the selected cap; actuating the one or more light sources according to a periodic cycle; and illuminating each of the one or more areas of the scalp with the light sources during the periodic cycle wherein each selected area of the scalp is traversed by the dispersion pattern of a light source at least once during the periodic cycle and the traversal of the one or more areas of the scalp during the periodic cycle is accomplished through coordinating selective rotational movement of the cap and actuation of selected light sources in the can.