US 12,268,443 B2
Therapeutic laser system and method of use for activating the tissue stem cell niche for the treatment of medical conditions
Pamela Joy Barton, Osprey, FL (US); Bruno Gerald Frenguelli, Kenilworth (GB); and Frank Joseph Rauscher, III, Wayne, PA (US)
Assigned to KAIROS LASERS LLC, Osprey, FL (US)
Filed by KAIROS LASERS LLC, Osprey, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,322.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/412,726, filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108407 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/203 (2013.01) [A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00458 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00565 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2560/02 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating a condition in a human or an animal using a laser, the method comprising the steps of:
applying a laser beam emitted from the laser to a particular site on the skin of the human or the animal at a distance up to 10 inches from the skin at the particular site, the applied laser beam having a wavelength of 1260 nanometers (nm) and a power setting between 2 Watts and 60 Watts;
maintaining the applied laser beam at the particular site on the skin until there is up to a 10-degree Fahrenheit (° F.) increase in temperature at the particular site on the skin;
maintaining the temperature increase of up to 10° F. at the particular site on the skin for a period of at least 45 seconds and not more than 60 seconds, thereby allowing for an irradiance and power density of the applied laser beam of greater than 1.0 Watts per centimeter squared (W/cm2) and less than 2.25 W/cm2 at the particular site on the skin for a period of 45 seconds to 60 seconds
wherein the step of applying the laser beam to a particular site on the skin further comprises:
applying the laser beam to the particular site on the skin that either shows some overt sign of damage or for which there is reasonable belief that it is indicative of some degree of damage to underlying body tissue or bone; and
applying the laser beam to a plurality of different spaced apart locations on the skin in the vicinity of the particular site, thereby allowing the applied laser beam to access the stem cell niche immediately proximal to the area of the particular site which provides for energetic activation of the stem cell niche and its contents;
wherein the particular site on the skin is in the vicinity of a joint of the human or the animal, and wherein the step of applying a laser beam emitted from the laser to a particular site on the skin of the human or the animal comprises applying the laser beam to the particular site at a power setting between 30 Watts and 40 Watts; and
wherein the joint comprises a knee of the human or the animal, and wherein the step of applying a laser beam emitted from the laser to a particular site on the skin of the human or the animal comprises applying the laser beam to a front portion of the knee and a back portion of the knee.