Q: How does the therapy work?

The short answer: The body heals itself; the therapy prompts a restart. Speculation, of course, the photons stimulate the skin with ever-changing signals and the brain and other sensorimotor systems focus their attention to the stimulation area. It may be the renewed attention that prompts the return to normal event (R2N). The stimulation shares similarities with touch and hearing. For example, the brain, nervous system, and skin or ears are "tuned" to simultaneously detect and respond to a myriad of different signals. Such as when unexpectedly hearing your name at a football game or intentionally attempting to talk with another person in a crowded room. It's the task of bodily systems to improve communications. Bringing attention to an injured site on the skin might prompt the completion of tasks that had been stalled for years. Some patients report, I feel normal again. Finally, would the return to normal functioning be noticed if it happened at the right time?

Question 1

For improving wellness, no one thing does it all."

Accepted Answer

Lasers and LEDs typically emit non-varying varying wavelengths. Red and infrared wavelengths are the most popular with over 5000 studies that show benefit. However photobiomodulation research has shown that many wavelengths promote healing. Unfortunately, no single wavelength "works" for all injuries, pain, impaired functioning or wounds. The Varichrome™ Pro overcomes this problem by letting the practitioner efficiently find wavelengths that "work" for the patient's problem. Once absorbed, the photon no longer exists. The body heals itself; the therapy prompts a restart of healing.    7 Preset Selections vary the wavelength through ranges found by others to increase the likelihood of a return to normal healing. By normal, we mean that healing has resumed or completed as it ordinarily would have but previously didn't. The practitioner may also manually select any visible wavelength (430-690nm), a few at a time, from the Varichrome Pro.

Question 2

Why does varying the wavelength make a big difference?

Accepted Answer

Imagine adjusting your shower water to a slightly warmer temperature, then waiting. Within about 30 seconds, your experience of the temperature might begin to fade – to no feeling of temperature at all. Now, imagine continuously varying the temperature of your shower water. You might notice how your body responds more strongly with each cycle from cold to warm and back. Neurologists have a term, wind-up, for this increase in sensitivity to a varying stimulus. Wellness depends upon the body's ability to finely adjust to changing environments. Cold hands rewarm, sensations numbed by sitting resume upon standing, etc. If the balancing act gets stuck, like hands feeling cold when they shouldn't be, then the abnormal sensations may be annoying or painful. Now, practitioners can aim to efficiently prompt pain relief and the return to wellness.    The practitioner can adjust the wavelength and/or frequency during therapy to maintain a response.

Question 3

Which wavelengths might restart / accelerate healing?

Accepted Answer

The impaired functions suggest which wavelengths to start therapy. (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) No single wavelength is likely to address all the different physiological impairments, pain, and wounds experienced by the patient. The Vari-Chrome® Pro provides energy via photons to cells tuned to absorb photons from only a part of the visible spectrum. Too many competing wavelengths, as may be found in room light, may compete to prevent a response. Cells in the skin may detect different wavelengths analogous to detecting the differences in touch and pressure. How the cells communicate what they “see” remains unknown but may be the foundation for calling LED illumination “cool” or “warm” based on the relative amounts of blue and red wavelengths. Cool illumination includes relatively more energy in the bluer part of the spectrum. The practitioner may select from 7 pre-programmed ranges on the Vari-Chrome® Pro with ranges 1 – 5 shown on the graphic. If the 1st selection doesn’t prompt a physiological response, then the practitioner may make a different selection.    The Vari-Chrome Pro Selections filters out photons with wavelengths that may compete with the needed ones.

Question 4

How does the therapy work?

Accepted Answer

The short answer: ​ The body heals itself; the therapy prompts a restart. Speculation, of course, the photons stimulate the skin with ever-changing signals and the brain and other sensorimotor systems focus their attention to the stimulation area. It may be the renewed attention that prompts the return to normal event (R2N). The stimulation shares similarities with touch and hearing. For example, the brain, nervous system, and skin or ears are "tuned" to simultaneously detect and respond to a myriad of different signals. Such as when unexpectedly hearing your name at a football game or intentionally attempting to talk with another person in a crowded room. It's the task of bodily systems to improve communications.      Bringing attention to an injured site on the skin might prompt the completion of tasks that had been stalled for years. Some patients report, I feel normal again.   Finally, would the return to normal functioning be noticed if it happened at the right time?

Question 5

Could the impairments suggest which wavelengths to start therapy?

Accepted Answer

The impaired functions may suggest which wavelengths to start therapy. Consider that the patient may be experiencing multiple impairments that must recoordinate to return to normal functioning and wellness.    The numbers 1 thru 5 correspond with the Preset Selections on the Varichrome Pro.   Practitioners familiar with physical medicine devices may consider the selections to be like a suite of similar tools. Feedback from the patient may help to quickly find which selection "works" for the impairment. (Dogs and cats just jump off their owner's lap with greater ease.) Physiological improvements in the impaired function(s) provide early markers for deciding when to stop therapy for the visit.   Examples from the feasibility studies show: Improved range of motion Improved sensation in feet and fingers Ending persistent feelings of coldness in limbs Fresh exudates that may appear during treatment in moist non-healing wounds.

Question 6

How might a few photons promote healing?

Accepted Answer

What might distinguish photons from medications that must remain active to maintain a beneficial effect?   Each molecule may be "tuned" to absorb photons of certain wavelengths. A few nanometers and nothing happents. Each photon deposits its quantum of energy into a single molecule then exists no more. This all takes place in less than a trillionth of a second.   The intensity of the beam (photons per second) is usually less than for the same wavelengths in direct sunlight. Thus, the therapy remains within the ordinary sensing range of the skin. The body does the rest. We don't know how that might work.

Question 7

Why vary the wavelength and frequency during therapy?

Accepted Answer

What might be the purpose of living things "getting used" to their surroundings? Could static inputs be boring? What if you continuously varied the temperature of your shower water? Couldn't the detection of the next small change be vital to living things?    Pain specialists call an increasing sensitivity to a varying stimulus "windup" as a quantitative measure of the nervous system functioning.   The feasibility studies found that varying the wavelength affected the time to observe a physiological response. The range on the Varichrome Pro is from 4 to 26nm/second.

Question 8

Is it working?

Accepted Answer

Everyone wants to know how long it might take to see if the therapy is "working". In seconds to minutes for some cases that were not expected to ever improve. That puzzled the anesthesiologist and neurologist advisors. They asked for more data from the feasibility studies.The real-time recordings show the crazy-fast events like a video referee. Everyone can watch the replay and make their own conclusions.    The responses usually begin during the 1st or 2nd visit. Typically, 2 visits with no response or benefits are enough to suggest trying a different therapy. Inflammation may take a bit longer to observe improvements.   The therapy works adjunctively to accelerate physical rehabilitation, especially after a stroke or spinal cord injury, in progams such as contraint-induced therapy.

Question 9

How can I get a Varichrome™ Pro?

Accepted Answer

Contact PhotoMed Technologies. info@photomedtech.com or +1 510-526-7373   We're accepting pre-orders for devices that are planned for release in Q1 2022.

Question 10

Regulatory Info

Accepted Answer

The Varichrome™ Pro is a Class II physical medical device that Exempt from a 510(k). The pre-exemption classification would have been "ILY".   https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=ILY   Screenshot 2022-01-30

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