September 6, 2012...Magnalight of Kemp, Texas USA, has released the LEDLB-1-IR-110V infrared LED Light that the company says offers light for the application of infrared therapy to different body parts. The portable, handheld infrared light is available in 850nm or 940nm wavelengths, and the company says it enables patients to continue infrared therapy in the comfort of their own home. According to the company, the The LEDLB-1-IR-110V handheld infrared light offers infrared light in portable, easy to apply form factor for patients in infrared therapy.

Magnalight notes that the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has identified a number of uses for LED lighting in skin-related therapies. Infrared LED lighting can be therapeutic because it is able to modify the function of mitochondria within cells according to dermatologist Murad Alam, MD, FAAD, chief of the Section of Cutaneous Surgery and Aesthetic Surgery, and associate professor of dermatology, otolaryngology, and surgery at Northwestern University, Chicago. He goes on to say that infrared LEDs may improve wound healing by reducing inflammation, and improve sun-damaged skin by accelerating the growth of new collagen. 

"In talking to a number of customers using our larger infrared LED lights for medical applications, we realized that many of them needed something more compact and easier to hold in place," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com. "So we now offer the LEDLB-1-IR-110V for those people that don't need large area coverage and need something more localized."