CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT SOURCE USING VISIBLE LIGHT FOR BIOTHERAPY

摘要

The present invention relates to a devices and methods for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a patient~s body, such as light-sensitive bacteria including helicobacter pylori and/or propionibacterium acnes. A chemiluminescent light source provides electromagnetic radiation having predetermined wavelengths in the visible spectrum. The light wavelengths are selected for absorption by naturally- occurring photosensitive chemicals produced by the patient~s body.