Multi-spectral photon therapy device and methods of use

• US 20070167999A1
• Filed: 01/13/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clarimedix Inc.
• Original Assignee: I25Tech, Inc.
• Inventors: Dunning, John, Breden, Harold, Murdoch, Richard, Lopez, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 7,559,945 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/88
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0652 Arrays of diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/06 using light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0613 Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0616 Skin treatment other than tanning
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0617 Hair treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0618 Psychological treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0619 Acupuncture

Abstract

A multi-spectra photon therapy device and method of use for providing treatment to a subject in need thereof is described. A multi-spectra photon therapy device comprising an array of LEDs having at least two sets of LEDs configured according to a predetermined pattern, with a first set of LEDs emitting light in the about red wavelength and at least a second set of LEDs emitting light in the about infrared wavelength; a frequency generator for modulating a signal to the LED array; and a controller for selecting the frequency applied to the signal and the duration during which the signal is modulated at the selected frequency; a protocol database including a plurality of predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions.

Claims

1. A multi-spectra photon therapy device for providing therapeutic treatment regimes to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions, said device comprising:

an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) having at least two sets of LEDs with a first set of LEDs emitting light in the about red wavelength and at least a second set of LEDs emitting light in the about infrared wavelength, wherein said at least two sets of LEDs are configured in said array according to a predetermined pattern;

a frequency generator for modulating a signal to the LED array, wherein the signal is modulated at two or more frequencies in sequence between about 0.5 and about 10000 Hz, each for a predetermined duration of time;

a control module for controlling said signal; and

a protocol database in communication with said control module, wherein said protocol database includes a plurality of predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions to thereby provide therapeutic treatment regimes corresponding to said predetermined diseases or conditions.

2. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, wherein said at least two sets of LEDs are configured in said array according to a predetermined pattern which aligns with one or more anatomical systems selected from the group consisting of:

acupuncture meridians, neuropathy points, nerve bundles, acupressure points, circulatory regions of interest, and tissue types of interest.

3. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, wherein said predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time are specific to treat or ameliorate a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of:

neuropathic pain, peripheral neuropathy, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chronic pain, wound care, infection, arthritic conditions, seasonal affective disorder, headaches, osteoporosis, and inflammation.

4. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, wherein said device is shaped so as to interface with the lower leg, the lower arm, the knee, the ankle, the foot, the toe, the hand, the finger, the wrist, the elbow, the foot, the back, the neck, the head, the eye, the ear, or within the mouth of a user.

5. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 4, wherein said at least two sets of LEDs are configured so as to provide varying viewing angles to accommodate different sizes of users.

6. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, wherein said predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions is configured so as to deliver between about 4 and about 100 joules of energy to the anatomical area of use.

7. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, wherein said LED array comprises 40 milliwatt LEDs.

8. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, further comprising a graphical user interface in communication with said control module that allows operation, selection, and initiation of sequences from said protocol database.

9. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 1, further comprising a computer interface that allows for connection to an external database to download additional protocols into the protocol database.

10. The multi-spectra photon therapy device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of:

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 73 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168, about 2336 Hz, and about 4672, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 4672 Hz, about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute; and

combinations thereof.

11. A method of treating or ameliorating a disease or condition associated with neuropathic pain using a multi-spectra photon therapy device, said method comprising:

positioning a multi-spectra photon therapy device on or near a subject suffering from a disease or condition associated with neuropathic pain at a predetermined anatomical location;

wherein said multi-spectra photon therapy device comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) having at least three sets of LEDs, with a first set of LEDs emitting light in the about red wavelengths, and a second set of LEDs emitting light in the about near infrared wavelengths, and at least a third set of LEDs emitting light in the about near infrared wavelengths; and

wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are configured according to a predetermined pattern; and

illuminating the anatomical location with said at least three sets of LEDs at three or more frequencies, in sequence, in the range of about 0.5 to about 10000 Hz for a predetermined duration of time, to thereby treat or ameliorate said disease or condition associated with neuropathic pain;

wherein the about red wavelengths of said first set of LEDs range from about 630 nm to about 660 nm, and wherein the about near infrared wavelengths of said second and at least third set of LEDs range from about 740 nm to about 905 nm.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said three or more frequencies independently selected from the group consisting of:

about 0.5 Hz, about 1.2 Hz, about 2.5 Hz, about 3.0 Hz, about 3.5 Hz, about 3.9 Hz, about 4.9 Hz, about 5.8 Hz, about 6.0 Hz, about 6.8 Hz, about 7.0 Hz, about 7.8 Hz, about 9.2 Hz, about 9.4 Hz, about 9.6 Hz, about 12 Hz, about 20 Hz, about 64 Hz about 72 Hz, about 96 Hz, about 104 Hz, about 112 Hz, about 120 Hz, about 128 Hz, about 144 Hz, about 146 Hz, about 192 Hz, about 248 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 300 Hz, about 304 Hz, about 328 Hz, about 408 Hz, about 421 Hz, about 423 Hz, about 424 Hz, about 425 Hz, about 427 Hz, about 432 Hz, about 434 Hz, about 440 Hz, about 464 Hz, about 500 Hz, about 520 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 600 Hz, about 624 Hz, about 648 Hz, about 660 Hz, about 662 Hz, about 664 Hz, about 676 Hz, about 712 Hz, about 728 Hz, about 728 Hz, about 760 Hz, about 764 Hz, about 776 Hz, about 784 Hz, about 785 Hz, about 800 Hz, about 803 Hz, about 804 Hz, about 807 Hz, about 818 Hz, about 823 Hz, about 829 Hz, about 830 Hz, about 832 Hz, about 861 Hz, about 864 Hz, about 873 Hz, about 877 Hz, about 880 Hz, about 1168 Hz, about 2128 Hz, about 2180 Hz, about 2182 Hz, about 2336 Hz, about 2720 Hz, about 3000 Hz, about 3120 Hz, about 4500 Hz, about 4672 Hz, and about 10000 Hz.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are activated at sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate a disease or condition associated with neuropathic pain, wherein the frequencies and durations of time are selected from the group consisting of:

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 73 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168, about 2336 Hz, and about 4672, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 4672 Hz, about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute; and

combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are activated in a predetermined pattern which aligns with one or more anatomical systems selected from the group consisting of:

acupuncture meridians, neuropathy points, acupressure points, circulatory regions of interest, and tissue types of interest.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein said disease or condition associated with neuropathic pain is selected from the group consisting of:

peripheral neuropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the anatomical location is selected from the group consisting of:

the lower leg, the lower arm, the knee, the wrist, the elbow, the foot, the back, and the neck.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are activated so as to deliver between about 4 and about 100 joules of energy to the anatomical location of use.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least thee sets of LEDs are activated at said two or more frequencies in sequence so as to provide a total treatment time of about 1 minutes to about 45 minutes.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein said first set of LEDs are activated concurrently with said second and at least third set of LEDs.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are activated at said three or more frequencies in sequence so as to provide substantially continuous exposure to at least one set of LEDs at all times during said treatment.

21. A multi-spectra photon therapy device for providing therapeutic treatment regimes to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions, said device comprising:

an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) having at least three sets of LEDs with a first set of LEDs emitting light in the about red wavelength, a second set of LEDs emitting light in the about infrared wavelength, and at least a third set of LEDs emitting light in the about infrared wavelength, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are configured in said array according to a predetermined pattern;

a frequency generator for modulating a signal to the LED array, wherein the signal is modulated at three or more frequencies in sequence between about 0.5 and about 10000 Hz, each for a predetermined duration of time; and

a control module for controlling said signal;

wherein said first set of LEDs emits light between about 630 nm and about 660 nm, said second set of LEDs emits light between about 740 nm and about 760 nm, and said at least third set of LEDs emits light between about 880 nm and 905 nm.

22. The multi-spectra photon therapy device according to claim 21, wherein the predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time specific to treat or ameliorate predetermined diseases or conditions comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of:

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 73 Hz, about 584 Hz, about 1168, about 2336 Hz, and about 4672, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 4672 Hz, about 146 Hz, about 292 Hz, about 584 Hz, and about 4672 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute;

about 292 Hz, about 146 Hz, and about 584 Hz, each independently for about 1 second to about 5 minute; and

combinations thereof.

23. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 21, wherein said at least three sets of LEDs are configured in said array according to a predetermined pattern which aligns with one or more anatomical systems selected from the group consisting of:

acupuncture meridians, neuropathy points, nerve bundles, acupressure points, circulatory regions of interest, and tissue types of interest.

24. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 21, wherein said predetermined sequences of frequencies and durations of time are specific to treat or ameliorate a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of:

neuropathic pain, peripheral neuropathy, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chronic pain, wound care, infection, arthritic conditions, seasonal affective disorder, headaches, osteoporosis, and inflammation.

25. The multi-spectra photon therapy device of claim 21, wherein said device is shaped so as to interface with the lower leg, the lower arm, the knee, the ankle, the foot, the toe, the hand, the finger, the wrist, the elbow, the foot, the back, the neck, the head, the eye, the ear, or within the mouth of a user.