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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Matthew D. Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
James M. Owen, Redmond, WA (US);
Shuming Yuan, Bothell, WA (US);
Matthew D. Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
James M. Owen, Redmond, WA (US);
Shuming Yuan, Bothell, WA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for infrared-light nerve stimulation plus low-level light therapy (INS-plus-LLLT) that includes providing an infrared-light nerve stimulation plus low-level light therapy (INS-plus-LLLT) device; implanting the INS-plus-LLLT device in the animal; emitting a plurality of infrared laser-light nerve-stimulation signals from the INS-plus-LLLT device and directing the plurality of infrared laser-light nerve stimulation signals toward a neural tissue of the animal in order to trigger an action potential response in the neural tissue; and generating a plurality of low-level light therapy signals using the INS-plus-LLLT device and directing the low-level light therapy signals toward the neural tissue of the animal, wherein the low-level light therapy signals are configured to be efficacious for pain management in order to reduce an acute pain of the animal.