Patent Document ID: 10031079
Application ID: 15507772
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for massaging a living organism, the method comprising: injecting a fluorescent dye into the living organism; protecting an injection portion using a tape or an adhesive plaster after the injection of the fluorescent dye; irradiating the living organism with excitation light including a wavelength for exciting the fluorescent dye using a light source; capturing a first fluorescent image generated from the fluorescent dye introduced into a lymphatic vessel by the irradiation with the excitation light using an image sensor; displaying the first fluorescent image to specify a lymphedema portion; capturing a second fluorescent image generated from the fluorescent dye introduced into the lymphatic vessel by the irradiation with the excitation light using the image sensor, before the fluorescent dye is circulated in a lymphatic drainage path, the second fluorescent image having no fluorescence pattern corresponding to the lymphatic drainage path; capturing a third fluorescent image generated from the fluorescent dye introduced into the lymphatic vessel by the irradiation with the excitation light using the image sensor, after the fluorescent dye is circulated in the lymphatic drainage path; comparing the second fluorescent image and the third fluorescent image to specify the lymphatic drainage path; and massaging the living organism from the lymphedema portion to the lymphatic drainage path.