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An apparatus for treating a disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with light having selected optical parameters. The apparatus has a power source, a central microprocessor with stored optical parameter protocols and wireless probes to receive the protocols

An apparatus for treating a disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with light having selected optical parameters. The apparatus has a power source, a central microprocessor with stored optical parameter protocols and wireless probes to receive the protocols and to generate and transmit the light. The invention also relates to a method for stimulating healing of a disorder of a biological tissue in a mammal by stimulating the biological tissue with light having selected optical parameters.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for treating dermatological, musculoskeletal, soft tissue or neurological disorders of a biological tissue with non-ionizing low energy light having selected optical parameters, comprising:(a) a power source for providing power to a central microprocessor;(b) a central

[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for treating dermatological, musculoskeletal, soft tissue or neurological disorders of a biological tissue with non-ionizing low energy light having selected optical parameters, comprising:(a) a power source for providing power to a central microprocessor;(b) a central microprocessor having stored optical parameter protocols suitable for treating a range of said disorders of biological tissue and means for selecting one or more stored optical parameter protocols for the disorder to be treated, said parameters including wavelength, power, intensity and dose;(c) an optical probe, having a microprocessor in communication with the central microprocessor, to receive the selected optical parameter protocol, said probe containing an optical parameter protocol, said probe containing an optical source for generating a beam of light having the selected optical parameter protocol and for directing the beam of light to the biological tissue to be treated;(d) said optical source including an array of light emitting sources, all of said sources when activated producing substantially monochromatic non-ionizing light having a selected wavelength in the range of from 630 to 2000 nm and a bandwidth not exceeding substantially 30 to 40 nm, and each of said sources providing light of the same said selected wavelength and no other wavelength,(e) said optical source further including a control circuit for activating selected ones of said light emitting sources to produce a three dimensional light distribution at said tissue;(f) said protocols including a protocol for providing said beam of light as said substantially monochromatic non-ionizing light to stimulate said tissue;(g) communication means for transmitting the optical parameter protocol from the central microprocessor to said at least one probe; and(h) said probe containing said protocol only for said selected wavelength and not containing any protocol for any other wavelength.