	US 11,925,816 B2
	Treatment of mucositis using photobiomodulation
Bradley Sean Schoengood, Manalapan, NJ (US); and Ronald L. Rubin, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Ronald L. Rubin, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Ronald L. Rubin, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/985,731.
Application 17/985,731 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/039629, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/102,757, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074559 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/067 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)

CPC A61N 5/067 (2021.08) [A61N 5/0613 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0627 (2013.01)]

1 Claim

1. A method for treating an oral cavity malady in an oral cavity of a patient, the method comprising:

providing a device that is configured to be hand-held during use, the device being battery powered and including a laser;

applying a spot of a laser beam generated by the laser of the device to a target area in the oral cavity to stimulate mitochondria at the target area without inserting the device into the oral cavity, said laser beam having a continuous wavelength in a range from 800 nanometers (nm) to 840 nm and a power of between 1000 milliwatts (mW) and 4000 mW, and wherein said spot has a spot size of 1 millimeter (mm) to 10 mm; and

moving said spot on said target area for a treatment time sufficient to deliver a dose of 0.5 Joules/centimeter²(J/cm²) to 30 J/cm²to said target area.