公开(公告)号：US20070135870A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-14

申请号：US11698667

申请日：2007-01-25

Applicant: Steven Shanks ,  Kevin Tucek ,  Mark Moore ,  Timothy Chaffin

Inventor： Steven Shanks ,  Kevin Tucek ,  Mark Moore ,  Timothy Chaffin

IPC: A61N5/06

CPC classification number: A61N5/0613 ,  A61B2018/207 ,  A61N2005/0642 ,  A61N2005/0644 ,  A61N2005/067

Abstract: A method for treating a patient with laser energy to improve hearing loss. The method involves applying laser energy to the patient's spine, preferably by sweeping a linear laser beam over the patient's skin. The method may alternatively include applying laser energy to the patient's jaw, skull, ears, or a combination thereof. The laser device used for treating the patient is preferably a hand-held probe that moves freely relative to the patient's skin and can generate more than one wavelength of laser energy. In the preferred treatment, the patient is treated with a hand-held probe that emits two laser beams, one laser beam producing a pulsed line of red laser light and the other producing a pulsed line of green laser light. In the preferred embodiment, the patient's upper back, cervical vertebrae, cranial nerves, and temporomandibular joints are treated with laser energy for a total of less than 20 minutes in a single treatment.

Abstract translation: 一种用激光能量治疗患者以改善听力损失的方法。 该方法包括将激光能量施加到患者的脊柱上，优选地将线性激光束扫过病人的皮肤。 该方法可以替代地包括将激光能量施加到患者的下颚，头骨，耳朵或其组合。 用于治疗患者的激光装置优选是手持式探针，其相对于患者的皮肤自由移动并且可以产生多于一个的波长的激光能量。 在优选的治疗中，患者用发出两束激光的手持探针进行治疗，一个激光束产生红色激光的脉冲线，另一个产生绿色激光的脉冲线。 在优选实施例中，在单次治疗中，患者的上背部，颈椎，颅神经和颞下颌关节在激光能量下处理总共少于20分钟。