| 摘要 |
<p>This invention is a diode laser irradiation system (10) for treating biological tissue of a subject without exposing the tissue to damaging thermal effects. The system includes a manipulable wand (14) for contact with the tissue, a diode laser (70) disposed in the wand for irradiating the tissue with coherent optical energy at a power output level of less than one thousand milliwatts, and laser setting controls (24, 26) 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.</p> |
