Patent ID: 8701675

Claim:
A method for treating a spinal cord injury, the method comprising: providing a source of laser light having a wavelength in the range of 730-830 nm and a power in the range of 15 to 90 milliwatts; transmitting the laser light through an optical wire, the laser light being transmitted from the source of the laser light to a location adjacent to a spinal cord injury site, the optical wire connected to a light emission surface positioned adjacent to the spinal cord injury site, the light emission surface adapted to emit laser light from the optical wire to the spinal cord injury site, the light emission surface and at least a portion of the optical wire being positioned within a human body; disposing a plurality of the optical wires in a bundle, each of the optical wires terminating in a window defining the light emission surface; arranging a subset of the windows in a sidewall of a fenestrated tip, the sidewall facing the spinal cord injury site; arranging a subset of the windows in a rounded end face, the rounded ended face orienting the windows in an axial spreading pattern directed toward the spinal cord injury site; and irradiating the spinal cord injury site with the laser light carried via the optical wire, the optical wire and the light emission surface are positioned subcutaneously.