| 摘要 |
A diode laser irradiation system for treating biological tissue of a subject without exposing the tissue to damaging thermal effects. The system includes a wand containing one or more diode lasers disposed for irradiating the tissue with coherent optical energy at a power output level of less than 1000 mw in aggregate at a wavelength in a range of from about 2500 nm to about 10,000 nm, and laser setting controls for operating the diode laser to achieve a rate of absorption and conversion to heat in the irradiated tissue in a range between a minimum rate sufficient to elevate the average temperature of the irradiated tissue to a level above the basal body temperature of the subject, and a maximum rate which is less than the rate at which the irradiated tissue is converted into a collagenous substance. The wand may be used manually or automatically in hands-free mode.
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