Re: need flexible LED array schematic for dibetes treatment

From: Hugh Prescott (hugh345_at_adams.net)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:46:39 -0500

If you make them for yourself no problem.

Once you make them for other people as gifts or for sale then you need to
comply with a whole lot of regulations on a federal level, Department of
Health & Human Services

You are making a medical device.

The compliance paperwork will consume a medium sized forest.

Hugh

"Walter Alter" <neuronjockey@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ReQuc.17102$Tn6.6834@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Anyone know of a schematic or plans that might be engineered to serve as
an
> IR treatement device for nerve problems associated with diabetes?
> Commercial units go for $2-3,000 and my local MIRE (monochromatic infrared
> energy) clinic is overbooked. The device is basically an array of 80 or
so
> 820nm diodes mounted on a flexible cloth rectangle that is placed in
contact
> with the affected area, usually the feet for 20 minutes or so. The lights
> are pulsed, tho the rate of pulsing is not a matter of therapy, but has to
> do with the duty cycle rating of the LED.
>
> It would be a snap for an electronics wiz to throw one of these together
and
> I'd give it a try if I had a schematic and some assembly tips. For
example,
> I don't know if surface mount LED's would be the easiest to work with,
> battery power source vs 110, etc. Any help on this would be greatly
> appreciated. MIRE units are becoming a standard effective
self-administered
> therapy for diabetics who develop nerve pain and anasthesia in their feet,
> and if a workable kit approach could be put out there, thousands of folks
> could be helped that otherwise couldn't afford it.
>
> Many thanks,
> Walter
>
>

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