A treatment system includes a treatment device adapted to contact a vulvar or vaginal tissue of a body and includes a treatment mechanism configured to apply a treatment to the tissue and at least one sensor configured to provide objective sensor data related to the tissue. An external device is configured to receive subjective information provided by a user or a third party and to receive the objective sensor data from the treatment device. The external device includes a processor configured to use the subjective information and the objective sensor data in a decision matrix to issue commands to at least the treatment mechanism that correspond to treatment instructions based on the subjective information and the objective data. The treatment instructions include instructions related to controlling the treatment mechanism and its application of treatment to the tissue and a treatment duration.

Disclosed is a portable infrared physiotherapy instrument (10), comprising a shell (100), a power source (200), a fan (300), an infrared emission assembly (400) and a guide tube (500). The infrared emission assembly (400) comprises a fixing frame (410), and an electric heating wire (420) wound around the fixing frame (410), the electric heating wire (420) being capable of simultaneously generating visible light and heat after being energized, and the heat heating a rare earth coating on the outer surface of the electric heating wire, thereby changing the frequency range of the visible light so as to obtain infrared rays. The power source (200) drives the fan (300) to rotate so as to drive external air to enter the interior of the shell (100) from an opening of a first end of the shell (100) and form an air flow inside the shell (100), and the infrared rays and the heat are guided to the guide tube (500) under the action of the air flow and are discharged from one end of the guide tube (500). The instrument of the present invention is smaller in volume and convenient to carry, and can realize the directional emission of infrared rays and heat and has targeting properties, and the infrared rays and heat simultaneously generated by the electric heating wire (420) can go deep into the skin to perform deep heat therapy, and can effectively improve the effect of physiotherapy.

Systems and methods for a soft tissue treatment of a patient are provided herein. The device for a soft tissue treatment may include an applicator having at least one electrode, a fastening mechanism to fix the applicator to a body part of the patient, and a control unit having a microprocessor to control the at least one electrode. The at least one electrode may provide radiofrequency energy and pulsed electric current. The radiofrequency energy may cause a heating of a soft tissue. The electric current may cause contraction of a muscle within the body part. The body part may be a face.

A light-emitting device (100) is disclosed. The light-emitting device (100) comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements (135) or light sources and a power module (120) adapted to selectively convey, supply or provide electrical power to the light-emitting elements (135). The power module (120) may be dimensioned such as to be able to power only a proper subset of the light-emitting elements (135) of the light-emitting device (100) at a given time, the subset having a maximum number of light-emitting elements (135) included therein with respect to the number of light-emitting elements (135) included in the all subsets of the light-emitting elements (135) of the light-emitting device (100). The plurality of sets of light-emitting elements (135) may be arranged so as to emit light over a light emission area, and the plurality of sets of light-emitting elements (135) may be arranged relatively to each other such that different sets of light-emitting elements (135) emit light over different portions of the light emission area.

The invention relates to an enhanced method of electrical muscle stimulation.

A pharmaceutical composition for modifying a target structure, which includes at least one agent selected from the group consisting of energy modulation agents, plasmonics-active agents and combinations thereof; the energy modulation agents, when present, including one or more light emitters capable of emitting at least two different wavelengths of light, each wavelength of light associated with a different biological response, and the at least two different wavelengths capable of activating different biological responses; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Various example embodiments relate to guiding a user of an ophthalmic laser therapy treatment device based on non-speech sounds in response to changes of a monitored laser spot size. A device may be configured to calculate a required parameter change of the current laser spot size to achieve a required laser spot size. The device may further determine characteristics for the non-speech sounds indicative of the required change for the user. Hence, quick and intuitively provided user inputs may be enabled to set the required laser spot size during treatment. A device, a method, a system and a computer program are disclosed.

An apparatus for tissue regeneration is provided. The apparatus comprises means for generating at least one laser pulse comprising a wavelength; and means for directing the at least one laser pulse onto a tissue surface of a human or animal body, wherein the means for generating comprises control means to ensure that a sum of the pulse energies of the at least one laser pulse is selected so that the corresponding fluence on the tissue surface heats the tissue surface up to a maximal temperature T.sub.max between 70° C. and a tissue boiling temperature T.sub.b. Further, the means for generating of the apparatus are adapted so that a delivery time t.sub.ed of the at least one laser pulse (during which the second half of the pulse energy is delivered) is sufficiently short so that, given the wavelength and thus a corresponding penetration depth δ of the at least one laser pulse, a thermal exposure time t.sub.exp of the tissue surface is shorter than 900 microseconds. Here, the thermal exposure time t.sub.exp of the tissue surface is defined as a time interval in which the temperature of the tissue surface is above T.sub.o+(T.sub.max−T.sub.o)/2, wherein T.sub.o defines the initial temperature of the tissue surface, before the laser pulse arrives.

A method of performing photodynamic therapy is provided. The method includes applying, to the skin of a patient, a topical composition. The topical composition includes 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) hydrochloride, and a vehicle comprising at least one chelating agent to enhance accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in the skin. The method further includes incubating the topical composition, and following incubation, applying, to the skin, heat from a heat source for at least a first time period.

A bed for therapeutic and recreational applications, comprises a frame structure, a mattress provided on the frame structure of the bed, a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, an infrared heater assembly provided within the frame structure, the infrared heater assembly including a plurality of flexible heating elements connected with a power source, a plurality of temperature sensors provided at a plurality of locations on the frame structure and the mattress in order to generate signals in correlation with temperature values at the plurality of locations. Further, the frame structure includes a plurality of frame segments adapted to rotate to respective predetermined angles. Also, the mattress is made from at least partially transparent material and includes a fluid that is at least partially transparent.