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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6497702 | Probe for skin high frequency treatment The invention concerns a probe for applying a high frequency electromagnetic energy flux on the skin through a mixture of conductive gel and a treatment product, designed to cause the treatment product to penetrate into the skin. The probe is provided wit... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6491715 | Device for treating growing, dilated or malformed blood vessels and method for treating biological material In a device for treating blood vessels with a laser, the laser provides a beam in a wavelength range from 750 to 850 nm, preferably 805 nm. The device has a measuring unit which measures the concentration of a chromophore (preferably indocyanine green) ad... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491687 | Corneal Surgery apparatus An ophthalmic surgery apparatus comprising a system for observing an anterior portion of an eye, and an optical system for irradiating a laser beam for treatment to the eye, the apparatus is a corneal surgery apparatus irradiating the laser beam to a corn... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488696 | Chill frame for lasers The present invention comprises an assembly for the single-hand manipulation of a light treatment device and a chilled air supply on a skin light-treatment site. The assembly comprises an elongated frame member having a first end and a second end. The fra... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488676 | Two-pivot scanning for laser eye surgery Laser eye surgery systems, methods, and devices makes use of a two-pivot scanning system for laterally deflecting the laser beam across the corneal surface to provide X-Y scanning. An imaging lens pivots about two eccentric axes extending along, but dispo... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485484 | Hair removal device A hair removal device (22) includes a cooling surface (34) which is used to contact the skin (6) prior to exposure to hair tissue-damaging laser light (74) passing from a radiation source (36) through a recessed window (46). The window is laterally offset... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6482220 | Method and apparatus for creation of drug delivery and/or stimulation pockets in myocardium An apparatus and method for creating drug-filled pockets within muscle tissue, such as myocardium of the heart for increasing angiogenesis. More particularly, the apparatus has an excising assembly with a dilator tip for penetrating and advancing through ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6482199 | Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material, removal and modification A method and apparatus is disclosed for fast precise material processing and modification which minimizes collateral damage. Utilizing optimized, pulsed electromagnetic energy parameters leads to an interaction regime which minimizes residual energy depos... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6471691 | Ophthalmic treatment apparatus An ophthalmic treatment apparatus uses therapy and diagnostic laser light sources whose beams are deflected two-dimensionally via an optical deflector and a galvanomirror and directed on the eye fundus to produce a fundus image on a display monitor. A pho... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6458120 | Laser surgical cutting probe and system A surgical laser probe and system combines a laser diode array remotely connected to a hand-held surgical probe by a fiber bundle. The surgical probe includes a laser head which produces a laser beam for surgical tissue ablation that is delivered through ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454761 | Laser surgery device and method Laser surgery is controlled by interferometry.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6451010 | Zoom handpiece for laser surgery A handpiece for projecting laser radiation from a solid-state laser via an articulated arm to biological tissue being treated is disclosed. An optical system in the handpiece provides that the laser radiation is projected in a spot of selectively variable... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6451008 | Laser beam delivery and eye tracking system A surface treatment laser beam delivery and tracking system is provided. The laser generates laser light along a original beam path at an energy level suitable for treating (e.g., eroding) a surface. An optical translator shifts the original beam path ont... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447504 | System for treatment of heart tissue using viability map A system for treatment of tissue, such as heart tissue, includes a laser source and a catheter having an optical waveguide which is operatively connected to the laser source. The catheter also includes a position sensor for generating position signals rel... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447503 | Laser dermablator and dermablation A laser system (called a UV Dermablator) and method that enables a clean, precise removal of skin while minimizing collateral damage to the skin underlying the treated region. The depth of ablation can be controlled via feedback from the physiology of the... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443945 | Laser assisted pharmaceutical delivery and fluid removal The present invention provides improved devices for pharmaceutical delivery and fluid removal using laser ablation or alteration. These devices have marking means for marking the ablation or alteration site, the area around the site, or the site and the a... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6440155 | Device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light A device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light, characterized in that, in thermotherapy comprising leading a biotissue to necrosis by heating the biotissue by a strong light from a light source, in order to lead a predetermined biotissue to nec... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436095 | Method for monitoring revascularization treatment using pre-pmr data and post-pmr data A method for monitoring revascularization treatment provided to tissue, such as heart tissue, comprises the steps of identifying a location in tissue and positioning a catheter at the location. Electrical signals of the tissue are measured in order to est... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6428532 | Selective tissue targeting by difference frequency of two wavelengths A method and apparatus for treating tissue directs first and second wavelengths of energy, e.g., laser or ultrasonic signal energy, into an overlap region of tissue such that the first and second wavelengths mix in situ to form a third wavelength. The thi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6416531 | Application of light at plural treatment sites within a tumor to increase the efficacy of light therapy Light is administered during photodynamic therapy (PDT) for an extended period of time at a plurality of sites distributed within the abnormal tissue of a tumor. A clinical study has shown that a substantially greater volume of abnormal tissue in a tumor ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6413253 | Subsurface heating of material A method and system of delivering energy to material in which energy is converted to thermal energy in the material, and prior to significant therapeutic or other physiological change in a selected or target region of the material, results in a temperatur... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6402737 | Surgical apparatus A surgical apparatus for automatically and dynamically changing the constitution of a system and the operation of respective elements. The surgical apparatus includes a plurality of devices respectively, a supervisory controller having a transmission path... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6391021 | Method for non-synchronous laser-assisted myocardial revascularization with stationary firing A method of selecting laser parameters for performing laser-assisted myocardial revascularization to avoid inducing undesired cardiac arrhythmia without synchronization of delivery of laser energy and the patient's cardiac cycle, the method comprising the... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387088 | Photoionization enabled electrochemical material removal techniques for use in biomedical fields A method for controlled removal of surface tissue layer portions with a non-contact energy delivery modality that applies electrical energy to the targeted tissue surface to cause electrochemical ablation. The system provides (i) a UV energy source for ir... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383175 | Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus In photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy, the oscillating wavelength of laser light from a light source is fitted to a plurality of different kinds of photosensitizers and exciting conditions thereof. Moreover, diagnosis and treatment are achiev... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383178 | Laser treatment apparatus A laser treatment apparatus for treating an affected part of a patient by irradiating the affected part with a treatment laser beam. The treatment beam is emitted from a laser source connected to a control unit. A plurality of trigger switches for inputti... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383176 | Hair removal device and method A hair removal device (22) includes a cooling surface (34) which is used to contact the skin (6) prior to exposure to hair tissue-damaging laser light (74) passing from a radiation source (36) through a recessed window (46). The window is laterally offset... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383177 | Apparatus for tissue treatment An apparatus for cosmetic tissue treatment having a light emitter for emission of a light beam. The light beam is directed towards a target area to be treated, and a detector detects tissue parameters in the target area. A light beam control controls at l... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370422 | Fiber-optic confocal imaging apparatus and methods of use An apparatus and methods for fiber optic confocal imaging systems. A plurality of fibers are in communication with a scan system that controllably deflects incident radiation into the fibers in a raster pattern. An index matching agent reduces specular re... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364873 | Ophthalmological surgery technique with active patient data card An ophthalmological laser surgery system having a laser, associated elements for delivering an optical beam from the laser to a patient eye location, a control unit for controlling the operation of the system and a system input/output device, is enabled b... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6358243 | Dual wavelength surgical laser system A dual wavelength surgical laser system for performing laser surgery on living tissue with a minimum amount of collateral tissue damage is disclosed. The dual wavelength surgical laser system comprises: a pump laser for emitting pump laser pulses of light... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350123 | Fluid conditioning system A fluid conditioning system is adapted to condition the fluid used in medical and dental cutting, irrigating, evacuating, cleaning, and drilling operations. The fluid may be conditioned by adding flavors, antiseptics and/or tooth whitening agents such as ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349726 | Laser surgery eye shield A shield is provided to protect the outer portions of the cornea and the under surface of a cap of the cornea during LASIK surgery comprising an annular body with a concave lower surface and a central opening, The central opening is sized to be a little s... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6346100 | Laser treatment apparatus and laser treatment information display device In a treatment laser apparatus, when the data on a laser spot magnification of a contact lens CL to be used for treatment of a patient's eye E is input by means of a controller 7 and the data on a spot size of treatment laser beams in air is input by mean... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6347244 | Process and arrangement for targeted application of a therapy beam, particularly for the treatment of diseased areas in the eye The invention is directed to a process for the targeted application of therapy radiation in the treatment of diseased areas in the eye by means of a therapy beam which is directed into the eye through an applicator. In order to determine the parameters ch... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6346101 | Photon-mediated introduction of biological materials into cells and/or cellular components A photon-mediated technique for introducing biological materials into cells and/or cellular components. The technique may be used to introduce nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, proteins or other biological materials into mammalian cells (as well as into... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6344039 | Device for eliminating parallax of stereo microscopes during refractive laser surgery A device for eliminating decentration error due to parallax during ophthalmic laser surgery comprises a stereo microscope having a first ocular and a second ocular and an objective lens for viewing a patient's eye, a laser for projecting a laser beam at a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6342053 | Apparatus for cornea reshaping An apparatus is described for use in combination with a noninvasive ophthalmological method for cornea reshaping in order to correct ocular refractive errors such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism. This apparatus is ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328760 | Pulsed plasma radiation device for emitting light in biologically significant spectral bands A plasma tube is provided in which water vapor, carbon dioxide, molecular nitrogen and a simple hydrocarbon are excited to ionization to emit electromagnetic frequency spectra for exciting electron orbitals of biological tissue. The anode end of the tube ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6328732 | Device for treating bodily substances A device for treating bodily substances, in particular for intraocular cataract surgery, said device comprising a laser beam source, for example, an erbium YAG laser, which produces pulsed laser radiation at wavelengths in the infrared range. A control de... | 12/11/2001 |
