Method of treating herpes
US5500009A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 1993 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/0659
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of treating herpes by illuminating a herpes affected dermal zone with continuous wave (CW) non-coherent radiation emitted by at least one light emitting diode (LED), the radiation having a narrow bandwidth centered at a wavelength suitable for herpes treatment, and maintaining the light radiation for a prescribed treatment duration.
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