Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Patent
1996-07-18
1998-09-01
Bahr, Jennifer
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
606 2, 606 9, A61N 506
Patent
active
058004793
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for the external medicinal treatment with the aid of light, more specifically with light which will alleviate and/or cure different sickness conditions.
2. Description of the Related Art
It has been observed that infrared light has a beneficial effect.
Swedish Patent Specification . . . (patent application no 9400153-4) describes a device for healing wounds and sores with the aid of light. The device includes a light emitting element which is intended to lie against or to be held close to a wound, or sore, on the body of an individual, and means for powering the light emitting element, wherein the light emitting element includes light emitting diodes or like devices and is constructed to emit infrared light. The invention according to this patent is characterized in that the power means is adapted to cause the light emitting element to emit infrared light in a first stage for a first predetermined length of time, and then to emit visible red light in a second stage for a second predetermined length of time, and in that the power means is constructed to cause the light emitting element to pulsate the emitted infrared light and the visible red light respectively in accordance with a predetermined series of pulse frequencies during said time periods.
It has thus been observed that infrared light shall be combined with the emission of a visible red light, by emitting the different lights sequentially, one after the other. It has also been observed that the different lights shall be emitted in pulse form having certain pulse repetition frequencies.
It has now been found that a device of this kind can be used very successfully for treating other sicknesses, illnesses and injuries, such as injuries resulting from sporting activities, stretched muscles, myalgia, joint pains or arthralgia, headaches, different inflammatory conditions, different skin complaints, such as acne, back pains, etc., provided that the lights are emitted, or transmitted, in a given manner. In this regard, the light treatment has a favorable effect on the healing process of injuries, and will also ease and/or cure different sicknesses and illnesses.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is based on the understanding that light treatment effected by emitting a given light in a given frequency series will provide a significantly improved effect, by shortening the time taken to cure or ease an illness or sickness.
The present invention thus relates to a device for the external medical treatment with the aid of light. The device includes a light emitting element which is intended to lie against or be held close to a wound or sore on the body of an individual, and a power source for powering the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes light emitting diodes or the like and emits infrared light. The power source is constructed to cause the light emitting element to emit infrared light in a first stage for a first predetermined length of time, and thereafter to cause the light emitting element to emit visible light in a second stage for a second predetermined length of time. The power source is also constructed to cause the light emitting element to pulsate the emitted infrared light and the visible light respectively in accordance with a predetermined series of pulse frequencies over said predetermined time periods, and to emit two or more series of successively rising frequencies F1, F2, Fn, where F1 is a fundamental frequency and where F2, Fn are multiples of the fundamental frequency.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in more detail, partly with reference to an exemplifying embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
FIG. 1 is a block schematic illustrating the device, and
FIG. 2 is a side view of a light emitting element.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a device for healing wounds and sores with the aid of lig
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Bahr Jennifer
Biolight Patent Holding AB
Mangels Alfred J.
Yarnell Bryan K.
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