Low-level energy laser therapy

摘要

Methods and systems (10, 54, 72) are provided for administering phototherapy to an injured tissue in a living subject by delivering visible or infrared biostimulatory energy to bone marrow at a dose sufficient to cause mesenchymal stem cells to appear in the injured tissue. The energy may be coherent light and can be administered transcutaneously, subcutaneously, or via an intramedullary probe (74). The technique is useful for treating many types of tissue injury, including ischemic cardiac and renal conditions.

主权项

1. A method of phototherapy, comprising the step of:
responsively to a determination that an injured tissue exists in a body of a living subject, irradiating marrow within a bone in the body that is remote from the injured tissue with biostimulatory radiation of sufficient intensity to engender repair of the injured tissue, wherein the subject is an adult or a child; and after performing the step of irradiating marrow, testing the injured tissue to determine its status responsively to irradiation.