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Action shot!

https://imgur.com/a/EeVPvbk

I don't know what emitters they are exactly. I tried to take it apart enough to see but when I got down to where appeared to be glued I had to stop. Hospital property and all that.

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[โ€“] Adair21 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yo, listen up here's a story

About a little guy

That lives in a blue world

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 4 points 2 years ago

๐Ÿ˜‚ Da Ba Dee

[โ€“] AmbitiousView 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is a lot of blue. What do you use it for at a hospital?

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It reduces the time needed for wounds to heal. We combine the blue light from the LEDs with a chromophore gel that creates specific wavelengths of light. Those wavelengths stimulate and deliver energy to exposed skin which results in increased cellular metabolism. It's similar to cold laser therapy but lower overall energy so it doesn't penetrate as far into the body.

[โ€“] Idreamofcheesy 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That is mind blowing.

My wife was talking about her office using lasers to reduce chronic pain and I was trying to figure out if it was quackery or not.

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 4 points 2 years ago

It's true! With lasers you can adjust the wavelength/Joules to target different tissues. With fluorescent light you don't have to worry about that.

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 4 points 2 years ago

One more pic. Lemmy and I can't seem to negotiate uploading pictures yet.

[โ€“] coralof 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that a Seiko Alpinist I see? :)

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 4 points 2 years ago

Yes indeed! My daily driver.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Might be Deep Blue W2. Photo of the emitters?

[โ€“] BullstrongDVM 1 points 2 years ago

I took it apart as far as I could and had to stop before I could get the lens and optics out ๐Ÿ˜• My guess would be CREE because they seem to be in all the other medical devices (microscopes, surgery lamps, etc).