WO1999037271A2 - Therapeutic treatment - Google Patents
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- WO1999037271A2 WO1999037271A2 PCT/AU1999/000042 AU9900042W WO9937271A2 WO 1999037271 A2 WO1999037271 A2 WO 1999037271A2 AU 9900042 W AU9900042 W AU 9900042W WO 9937271 A2 WO9937271 A2 WO 9937271A2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N5/0613—Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment
- A61N5/0616—Skin treatment other than tanning
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N2005/0635—Radiation therapy using light characterised by the body area to be irradiated
- A61N2005/0643—Applicators, probes irradiating specific body areas in close proximity
- A61N2005/0644—Handheld applicators
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N2005/065—Light sources therefor
- A61N2005/0655—Tubes
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N2005/0658—Radiation therapy using light characterised by the wavelength of light used
- A61N2005/0662—Visible light
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- This invention relates to a method of therapeutic treatment of a warm blooded animal. This invention also extends to apparatus for carrying out the method described above.
- warm blooded animal shall be interpreted broadly and for example shall be interpreted to include human beings, and other warm blooded creatures, eg horses, dogs and cats.
- This invention relates particularly, but not exclusively, to a method of therapeutically treating humans to promote healing and proper organ function and it will be convenient to describe it with reference to this example application.
- the invention is capable of broader application. For example it is also applicable to the treatment of other mammals such as dogs.
- wounds such as cuts and burns are very painful and can take a long time to heal.
- No treatment has been devised for substantially decreasing the time taken to heal the wounds.
- a method of treating a warm blooded animal including the step of irradiating the animal with visible light from a light source.
- the animal is irradiated with light having a wavelength in the range of 450 to 750 millimicrons (nanometres).
- the animal is irradiated with red, orange, blue or green light, more preferably orange or blue light.
- the animal is irradiated with light from an energised tube containing neon or argon gas.
- the method comprises irradiating an animal which is in need of treatment only in that region of its body which requires treatment.
- the light source is placed proximate to or adjacent to the skin of the animal being treated with the light being directed towards that part of the body of the animal being treated.
- the animal is irradiated with light for a treatment time of from 5 to 20 minutes depending on the medical condition being treated.
- the light from the light source is pulsed, eg at a frequency of 1 to 3 pulses per second.
- an apparatus for 3 therapeutically treating a warm blooded animal including: a member; a light source capable of irradiating light therefrom mounted on the member; and means for facilitating energising of the light source electrically connected to the light source.
- the light source includes means for irradiating red, orange, blue or green light, more preferably means for irradiating orange or blue light.
- the light source includes a tube containing inert gas, eg neon or argon gas.
- the tube may be coated with fluorescent powder.
- the apparatus further includes means for pulsing the light irradiated by the light source, eg at a frequency of 1 to 3 pulses per second.
- the energising means includes a converter for stepping a 12 volt electrical supply up to 3,000 to 10,000 volts, eg mounted on the member.
- the member comprises a housing and the light source is received within the housing and irradiates light outwardly through an opening in the housing.
- the housing is an integral hand held unit.
- the housing comprises a lamp portion and a converter portion, and the lamp portion is hand held and can be moved independently of the converter portion.
- the support comprises a curved housing having a 4 plurality of lamps located on the concave surface thereof which direct light inwardly into the space defined by the housing and which is sized so as to cover or extend across at least the central body region of a person to be treated, eg within the space defined by the curved housing.
- FIG. 1 is a three dimensional view of apparatus in accordance with the first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the apparatus of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a three dimensional view of apparatus in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a three dimensional view of part of apparatus in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention.
- reference numeral 1 refers generally to apparatus in accordance with the invention.
- the apparatus 1 comprises broadly a member in the form of a housing 2, a light source for irradiating a patient with light in the form of a tube 3, and means for facilitating electrical energising of the light source in the form of a converter.
- the housing 2 is flat rectangular and can be broadly divided up into a lamp 5 portion 10 and a converter portion 11.
- One side 12 of the lamp portion 10 is either open or has a transparent window extending thereacross. This enables light which is irradiated by the tube 3 to pass out of the housing 2 and to impinge upon a patient who is being treated.
- the housing 2 will be made of plastic material although obviously other materials could also be used.
- the housing 2 of the lamp in FIG. 1 is 20 cm long and 4 cm wide. It is thus a relatively small device which can easily be held and supported by one person in their hand.
- the FIG. 1 apparatus is particularly suitable for use as a hand held unit which is simply picked up by a doctor or treatment person and placed on the treatment area of the patient's body with the tube 3 directed at the treatment area.
- the FIG. 1 embodiment has a U shaped tube 3 although it will readily be appreciated that other shapes of tubes can also be used.
- the illustrated example tube is an EGL standard green tube (E10) of 10mm diameter.
- the tube 3 contains an inert gas which is neon gas as well as a fluorescent powder. When a voltage is applied across the tube 3 it energises the inert gas within the tube and causes it to radiate light.
- the neon gas would have a bright red discharge.
- the fluorescent powder permutates the normal red color giving an orange discharge.
- the tube is filled to a pressure of 13 millibar.
- the orange light emitted by the tube has a wave length from 585 to 635 millimetre.
- the tube produces a light output of approximately 18.18 lumens per metre when the operating current is .025 ampere.
- the structure and function of neon and argon tubes is well known in the art. Accordingly they will not be described in further detail in the specification.
- Applicant mentions that orange light having a wavelength of 635 millimicrons (nanometres) has a higher relative light energy than other colors. By contrast 6 green or yellow light exhibits a more effective light visibility than the other colors.
- the means for electrically energising the tube typically includes a converter (not shown).
- the voltage which is supplied to the converter is limited to 12 volts so as to reduce the likelihood that the device could electrocute a patient, eg if it came into contact with water.
- the converter receives 12 volts of DC supply and then steps it up to 2,000 to 15,000 volts, typically 5,000 to 10,000 volts, to provide sufficient energy to cause the gas within the tube to radiate light.
- the converter is an electronic transformer.
- a DC current is switched on and off and pulses a step up transformer at 20,000 cycles to create a high voltage.
- the reason the frequency is so high is that the coupling is more efficient at the high frequencies and therefore the transformer can be smaller.
- neon tubes light more easily at higher frequencies than lower frequencies. While the voltage applied to the lamp is 5,000 to 10,000 volts, the current is so small that even if it shocks a patient or an operator, it will not kill them.
- the energising means also includes an electrical component which is a pulsing unit or solid state flasher (not shown) causing the electrical supply to pulse by chopping out certain sections of the voltage along the sine wave. This causes a stream of light irradiating from the lamp to shut off and pulse several times per second.
- the components which are used to cause the beam to pulse are standard components which can be bought off the shelf and accordingly will not be described in further detail in the specification.
- the apparatus will have a controller 15 for enabling an operator to control the pulse frequency of the light. 7
- the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 has an on/off power supply switch 17 and a timer which is operatively connected to the on/off power supply switch 17. In this way a doctor or operator can set the treatment time and switch the power on then leave the patient to continue with other tasks. Once a patient has been treated for the appropriate period, the power will be switched off thereby terminating the treatment.
- the apparatus typically includes a plug or adaptor for coupling it to a 220 volt domestic main supply (not shown). This enables it to be simply plugged into the wall of a house or a surgery.
- the adaptor also steps down the voltage from 220 volts to 12 volts with a 1 ampere current flow which is then fed into the converter to reduce the danger of electrocution as described above.
- a patient lies or sits in a stationary position during the course of the treatment.
- the practitioner energises the apparatus 1 causing the tube 3 to irradiate light and directs it at the area of the body requiring treatment.
- the tube 3 is directed at one of the hand and wrists of the patient.
- the tube 3 is directed towards the liver under the right hand rib cage.
- the doctor also sets the timer described above which sets the length of the treatment and causes the apparatus to switch off automatically.
- the housing 2 is placed against the skin of the portion of the body undergoing treatment although obviously this is not essential.
- the housing 2 could be spaced a short distance away from the skin.
- the irradiation of the patient with light from the lamp is carried out for a treatment time of 5 to 20 minutes and then stopped. There are no side effects or pain experienced by a patient during the treatment.
- FIG. 2 shows an apparatus in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
- the apparatus in FIG. 2 is structurally and functionally very similar to the apparatus in FIG. 1 and accordingly the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same components unless otherwise indicated.
- the lamp portion 10 and converter portion 11 are two distinct entities which are separate from each other connected by means of an electrical lead 20. This enables the converter portion 11 to be left say on a bench top, and the lamp portion 10 to be handled by a doctor and placed on a patient's body spaced from the converter portion 11.
- FIG. 3 refers to an apparatus in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention.
- the FIG. 3 embodiment has similarities with the FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 embodiments and accordingly unless otherwise illustrated the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same components.
- the housing 2 is in the form of an arc or crescent shape.
- Three laterally spaced lamps 3 are mounted on the inner surface 35 of the housing 2 and are positioned to direct light inwardly into the space 26 inside the housing 2.
- the housing 2 is about two meters long and is sized to extend over a substantial portion of a patients body. With this apparatus it is possible to treat a substantially larger portion of a patients body at one time than with the FIG. 1 embodiment.
- Applicant has conducted experimental treatments of patients and these treatments have been successful.
- Some of the medical conditions which have been treated 9 by the method of this invention using the apparatus described above are summarised in Table 1 below.
- the table also prescribes the length of treatment required for each of the conditions.
- the applicant has also conducted tests with the apparatus to measure the temperature alteration caused by treatment with the apparatus.
- Applicant measured the temperature of a clear plastic surface which was irradiated with light from the lamp over a period of 10 minutes. The surface remained at a temperature, of 28°C which was the ambient air temperature for the entire 10 minutes. This shows that the light itself does not have a heating effect. When a patient was irradiated with light for a period of 4 minutes the temperature of the skin typically rose 1 °C. Applicant believes that this is due to the flow of blood and lymph fluid towards the skin of the patient induced by the treatment.
- a pulsed beaming light particularly orange or blue light promotes blood circulation through a patient's body and promotes the normal healing processes of the body.
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GB0020261A GB2362324A (en) | 1998-01-20 | 1999-01-20 | Therapeutic treatment |
AU21435/99A AU747649B2 (en) | 1998-01-20 | 1999-01-20 | Therapeutic treatment |
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AUPP1426 | 1998-01-20 | ||
AUPP1426A AUPP142698A0 (en) | 1998-01-20 | 1998-01-20 | Apparatus and method for colour therapy |
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