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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
James Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Wilkerson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Dave Brown, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Darrin Huston, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Mike Mcquade, Issaquam, WA (US);
James Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Wilkerson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Dave Brown, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Darrin Huston, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Mike McQuade, Issaquam, WA (US);
Light Sciences Corporation, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for delivering light to a treatment site of a patient to administer a light therapy thereto are provided. A method includes steps of providing a portable power source, and a light source configured to provide light suitable for the light therapy for a period of at least two hours, and an optical fiber; positioning a distal portion of the optical fiber that is adapted to be disposed at the treatment site within a patient's body, where the light generated by the light source and conveyed by the optical fiber exits from the distal portion of the optical fiber; energizing the light source with the portable power supply; and administering the light treatment to the treatment site with the light source, wherein the patient is ambulatory without interruption of the light therapy during the treatment.