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Phototherapy method

US5046494A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1990
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2021/0044
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An method for displaying to an observer a field of light, controllably variable in terms of color, size and intensity and a method of varying the color, size and intensity of the field of light in order to achieve a therapeutic effect in the observer. The field of light is displayed first at a long wavelength, low intensity small area, and slow pulse rate, and then at a relatively short wavelength, high intensity large area, and high pulse rate.

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