Photon irradiation human pain treatment monitored by thermal ima

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1999-01-13

2000-12-05

Smith, Ruth S.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation

600474, 600549, 607 88, 607100, A61B 500

Patent

active

061578541

ABSTRACT:
Photo illumination of sites along a nerve supplying a painful region is conducted one at a time until a thermal image of that region or one related to it shows a significant change in temperature, at which time the treatment is terminated. If it is an extremity (hand or foot) that is has pain symptoms, one extremity is treated by exposing its nerve sites to photo illumination while the other extremity is observed by a thermograph instrument. Use of the thermal image as a feedback technique allows the treatment to be terminated as soon as the favorable temperature change takes place.

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