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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326199 | System and method for flexible architecture for dermatologic treatments utilizing multiple light sources A system and method for providing light treatments to a patients skin, which could include both dermal and epidermal regions. The system and method utilize multiple hand pieces where each hand piece can deliver light from a different light source. The system and met... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328060 | Cancer detection and adaptive dose optimization treatment system The present invention utilizes a series of optical and electronic elements to detect and image cancerous and/or pre-cancerous cells in living tissue. The invention further uses the images thus obtained to adaptively and dynamically shape a treatment light beam so as... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327518 | Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams A method for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams. The plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated into two plane-polarized portions. One of th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320594 | Fluid and laser 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 peroxide, m... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320685 | Method and device for identifying an eye that is to be treated in operations A method for identifying the site of an operation during an operation, in particular using a laser system, with the help of unique data about the operation site. A first copy of the unique data is stored in a laser system, the unique data being located in the vicini... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321228 | Detection of metal disturbance in a magnetic tracking system A method for tracking an object includes producing energy fields at a plurality of different frequencies in a vicinity of the object, and receiving signals that are generated at a location of the object at the different frequencies in response to the energy fields. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| RE40002 | Treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders using a scanning laser system Presbyopia is treated by a method which uses ablative lasers to ablate the sclera tissue and increase the accommodation of the ciliary body. Tissue bleeding is prevented by an ablative laser having a wavelength of between 0.15 and 3.2 micron. A scanning system is pr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316382 | Controlling electromotive actuators The invention relates to an electromotive actuator and a corresponding circuit in order to replace a pneumatical actuator system in a simple manner by an electric system. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311700 | LASIK laminar flow system A system that can be used to perform an ophthalmic procedure. The system may include a patient support that supports a patient and a light source which can direct a beam of light onto the patient's cornea. The system may also include an airflow module that directs a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309126 | Eye characteristics measuring device A device for measuring eye characteristics, an operation device, and the coordinate origin and the coordinate axes of each eye are sufficiently related with one another. A measuring unit (111) measures eye optical characteristics based on a first light receiv... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303578 | Device and method for providing phototherapy to the brain A therapy apparatus for treating a patient's brain is provided. The therapy apparatus includes a light source having an output emission area positioned to irradiate a portion of the brain with an efficacious power density and wavelength of light. The therapy apparat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304265 | Method and system for machining fragile material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304288 | Laser pulse counter Pulses of optical radiation are counted by a pulse counter in a way representative of its effects on tissue. An analog to digital converter digitizes detected optical radiation pulses and an integrator integrates the digitally detected pluses. The integrator has a t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298767 | Portable laser device A hand-held laser device includes a casing formed with a substantially hollow interior space and having a laser emitter thereinside. The laser emitter is formed with an exciting lamp and a laser rod. A source generating a stream of gaseous coolant is provided within... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292323 | Optical fiber detection method and system An optical fiber detector, and a method and system for optical fiber detection are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a receptacle, to receive and position an optical fiber connector, an infra-red (“IR”) source for providing an incident IR beam onto a cross-sec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292715 | Display of diagnostic data A system for displaying diagnostic data includes a display on which is displayed an image having an anatomic map and a diagnostic map. The diagnostic map, which is disposed at a location indicative of the spatial distribution of the diagnostic data, shows a spatial ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291140 | System and method for low average power dermatologic light treatment device The invention comprises a system and method for providing for pulses or relatively low energy light to an area of skin being treated. Typically, these low energy pulses will include shorter wavelength light, and will provided for multiple pulses of light for the are... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288086 | High-efficiency, side-pumped diode laser system An apparatus for cutting or ablating hard tissue, includes an optical cavity; a gain medium disposed within the optical cavity; a diode light pump disposed within the optical cavity and optically aligned to light pump the gain medium to generate laser light. The gen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286582 | Optical external cavities having brewster angle wedges This invention consists of an optical external cavity having specialized Brewster angle wedges. The external cavity apparatus utilizes several types of very high index of refraction wedges made from semiconductor and special glass materials. The apparatus limits the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282047 | Moving energy source A device for moving a therapeutic energy source over an area to be treated including at least one therapeutic energy source adapted to produce therapeutic energy and coupled to a mounting structure, and at least one moving unit connected to the mounting structure an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276059 | Treatment of skin disorders with UV light and cooling Skin disorders such as, for example, atopic dermatitis, dyshidrosis, eczema, lichen planus, psoriasis, and vitiligo, are treated by applying high doses of ultraviolet light to diseased regions of a patient's skin. The dosage exceeds 1 MED, as determined for the part... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276058 | Method and apparatus for treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous conditions The present invention provides method and apparatus for treating tissue in a region at depth while protecting non-targeted tissue by cyclically applying cooling to the patients skin, and preferably to the region, and by applying radiation to the patient's skin above... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267673 | System for treatment of acne skin condition using a narrow band light source The acne treatment devices use an array of LEDs, which emit monochromatic light substantially at a wavelength of 405 nanometers, which is coincident with the peak absorbance of light by acne porphyrins. The emitted light is directed from the light source to an acne ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259914 | Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams A method for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams. The plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated into two plane-polarized portions. One of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258687 | Device and method for inducing vascular injury and/or blockage in an animal model Ultrashort laser pulses are used to induce photodisruptive breakdown in vasculature in an animal to controllably produce hemorrhage, thrombosis or breach of the blood-brain barrier in individual, specifically-targeted blood vessels. Damage is limited to the targeted... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258686 | Corneal surgery apparatus A corneal surgery apparatus capable of irradiating a laser beam at a desired position on a cornea more accurately. The apparatus has an optical system for irradiating a laser beam onto a cornea, a unit which moves an irradiation position of the beam relative to an e... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259906 | System and method for voice control of medical devices A light source includes a wavelength shifter that is capable of shifting a shorter optical signal wavelength to a longer optical signal wavelength based at least in part on a Raman effect in a waveguide. The wavelength shifter includes a pump laser that operable to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255691 | Chemiluminescent light source using visible light for biotherapy The present invention relates to a devices and methods for killing and/or debilitating pathogenic microorganisms in or on a patient's body, such as light-sensitive bacteria including helicobacter pylori and/or propionibacterium acnes. A chemiluminescen... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251196 | Passive optical detection of underwater sound A passive acoustic sensor that may be employed to detect sounds emanating from under the surface of a body of water. The sensor uses optics to determine vibration on the surface of a water body to detect sound pressure waves from underwater sound sources. The sensor... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238176 | Method for intrastromal photodisruption of dome-shaped surfaces A method is disclosed for photodisrupting a surface in the stroma of an eye at a substantially constant distance from the anterior surface of the eye. A frame of reference is established for the eye that includes an axis of rotation. Next, the focal point of a laser... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235070 | Ablation fluid manifold for ablation catheter An ablation catheter employing one or more manifold arrangements to convey a conductive fluid medium to a target tissue. The manifold includes at least one inlet port in fluid communication with a fluid supply lumen running along at least a portion of the catheter. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235047 | Methods and apparatus for imaging using a light guide bundle and spatial light modulator Endoscopes and other viewing devices that control the light that contacts a sample and/or that is detected emanating from a sample. The viewing devices are particularly well suited for in vivo imaging, although other uses are also included. The viewing devices, and ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232456 | Tissue treatment method A method of treatment of a scar comprising applying a topical silicone gel to the scar, and wiping off the excess to leave a thin layer of the gel on the scar. Applications of the topical silicone gel can be alternated with applications of silicone gel sheeting to t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233433 | Self-reference locking of optical coherence by single-detector electronic-frequency tagging A coherent laser beam combining system wherein the output of a single master oscillator is split into a plurality of signals, the signals are electronically modulated at unique frequencies. One signal is designated a reference signal while the remaining signals are ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232436 | Closed loop control for intrastromal wavefront-guided ablation with fractionated treatment program A closed-loop control system for altering the optical characteristics of a patient's cornea includes an algorithm for predicting the shape of the cornea after one or more gas bubbles resulting from intrastromal photoablation have collapsed. Patient data can be used ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226443 | Optimization of ablation correction of an optical system and associated methods A method for optimizing a prescription for laser-ablation corneal treatment achieves the modification of wavefront-based refractive correction data with the use of user/doctor-input nomograms. Data comprising a wavefront description of a patient eye are received and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223660 | Flash assisted annealing The present disclosure relates to a rapid thermal processing system that may be useful for processing semiconductor devices. A flash lamp may be utilized to provide pulse heating of a semiconductor for annealing or other purposes. A sensor may be provided to sense a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220747 | Method for preventing damage to or rejuvenating a cellular blood component using mitochondrial enhancer This invention provides methods for treating cellular blood components and other cells containing mitochondria to improve vital qualities of the cells by contacting the cells with a mitochondrial enhancer to the cells. Mitochondrial enhancers prevent damage to and r... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220256 | Laser system and method for treatment of biological tissues A system for and method of performing laser assisted surgery is disclosed. Laser radiation is preferably delivered to a target area of tissue using a Er:YAG laser source. The laser radiation is delivered to the target area in bursts of laser radiation comprising set... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221499 | Frequency scanned array control system An optical fiber amplifier array and related method, in which high beam quality is achieved by varying the frequency of an input signal applied to all of the fiber amplifiers, to locate a frequency at which the amplifiers produce nearly coherent optical outputs. In ... | 05/22/2007 |
