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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109924 | Heads for dermatology treatment Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, var... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105322 | Replacement cartridges for light-based dermatologic treatment devices A dermatologic treatment device having a light source emitting optical radiation beneficial to at least one dermatologic treatment, a brightness enhancer enhancing the brightness of at least some of the emitted optical radiation, and a replacement cartridge containi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8088123 | Hair growth modulation device A hair growth modulation device is configured to impart a suitable quantity of irradiated light to a target site while lowering the irradiation intensity required by a light irradiator that generates modulating light for modulating hair growth. This device is provid... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8048064 | Method of curing inflammatory acne by using carbon lotion and pulsed laser Disclosed is a method of curing inflammatory acne by applying a carbon lotion onto a face covered with acne, irradiating the applied carbon lotion with a laser pulse having a pulse width of microsecond, and irradiating the applied carbon lotion with a laser pulse ha... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8002768 | Light energy delivery head A light energy delivery head is provided which, in one aspect, mounts laser diode bars or other light energy emitters in a heat sink block which is adapted to cool both the emitters and a surface of a medium with which the head is in contact and to which it is apply... | 08/23/2011 |
| RE42594 | Tissue cooling rod for laser surgery A laser treatment device and process with controlled cooling. The device contains a cooling element with high heat conduction properties, which is transparent to the laser beam. A surface of the cooling element is held in contact with the tissue being treated while ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985219 | Irradiation device and method for the treatment of acne and acne scars An irradiation device (1) and a method for the treatment of acne and acne scars, comprising at least one source of radiation (2), the source of radiation emitting at least one broadband spectrum in the wavelength range of 320-at least 540 nm and the ra... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7951138 | Pivoting roller tip for dermatological treatment apparatus A mechanical element allows the tip of the handpiece of a dermatological treatment system to rotate to adjust for deviations in handpiece angle with respect to the surface of the treatment area. The tip may glide over the surface of the skin, the tip may include whe... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938821 | Apparatus and method for adjustable fractional optical dermatological treatment A fractional treatment system can be configured with a laser wavelength that is selected such that absorption of the laser wavelength within the tissue increases as the tissue is heated by the laser (e.g., 1390-1425 nm). Desirably, the laser wavelength is primarily ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935107 | Heads for dermatology treatment Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, var... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7914523 | Method for the treatment of mammalian tissues A method and device for causing a predetermined physiological change in a mammalian tissue. The method includes irradiating the tissue with a radiation having a power density in the tissue substantially larger than an activation threshold power density, the tissue b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7887533 | Device for the treatment of mammalian tissues A photoactivation device for modulating the physiology of a target biological activity by directing a photoactivating beam of light having a predetermined set of photoactivating light parameters on a target surface, the device comprising: ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7862555 | Apparatus and method for adjustable fractional optical dermatological treatment In a fractional treatment system, an adjustable mechanism can be used to adjust the beam shape, beam numerical aperture, beam focus depth, and/or beam size to affect the treatment depth and or the character of the resulting lesions. Adjustment of these parameters ca... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837675 | Method and device for skin treatment with replaceable photosensitive window A method for the treatment of skin including the steps of determining the skin depth for energy absorption necessary for treatment; and generating a spot size for energy impinging on the skin to provide a desired amount of energy to the desired depth for treatment. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824394 | Method and apparatus for dermatological treatment and tissue reshaping The present invention provides improved methods and apparatus for skin treatment and tissue remodeling. The apparatus includes an array of needles that penetrate the skin and serve as electrodes to deliver radio frequency current or other electrical or optical energ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7780654 | Device for radiating light onto a skin surface during a medical or cosmetic skin treatment The invention relates to a handpiece for radiating light onto a skin surface during a medical or cosmetic skin treatment. An optical coupling element (6) is provided in said handpiece (1). The light entrance surface (8) of said coupling element ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7763016 | Light energy delivery head A light energy delivery head is provided which, in one aspect, mounts laser diode bars or other light energy emitters in a heat sink block which is adapted to cool both the emitters and a surface of a medium with which the head is in contact and to which it is apply... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7722600 | System and method for heating skin using light to provide tissue treatment A system and method for using a light source to treat tissue with NIR light. The operation provides for generating higher temperatures in deeper layers of tissue relative to shallower layers of tissue. The increased temperature in dermal layers can operate to induce... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7637906 | Thermal quenching of tissue The present invention provides a system for achieving erythema and/or mild edema in an upper layer of skin, without causing blisters, and without the risk of high fluence levels or critical need for cooling. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635362 | Method and apparatus treating area of the skin by using multipulse laser The invention relates to a method and apparatus for multipulse laser treatments on a spot target by using a CO2 laser system and a laser beam scanner attached at the end of the delivery system. The laser system is controlled to emit a laser macropulse con... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7618414 | Tissue treatment system 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).... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7604630 | Applicator attachable to skin treatment device and skin treatment method using the same An applicator attachable to a skin treatment device that is capable of simultaneously applying RF energy and optic energy to a patient's skin, and a skin treatment method using the applicator are developed. The skin treatment device comprises: a housing, one or pair... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7553308 | Hair treatment method A hand held device generates a predetermined number of pulses of light having a predetermined electromagnetic spectrum, a predetermined duration, a predetermined inter-pulse interval, and a predetermined total energy. The pulse sequence is delivered to a skin surfac... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7540869 | Method and apparatus for improved vascular related treatment Methods and apparatus are provided for selectively heating blood vessels in a patients skin to effect a desired dermatological (medical or cosmetic) treatment. For shallow vessels, particularly plexus vessels and superficial vessels/veins, radiation is applied to th... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530978 | Optical hair removing device An optical hair removing device includes a light emitting unit for emitting a light and an irradiation unit for irradiating the light emitted from the light emitting unit to body hairs on a skin. Further, the optical hair removing device includes a control unit for ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524317 | Laser skin perforator A laser perforator for perforating skin of a patient and obtaining of blood samples consists of laser light source for producing an output laser beam, a focusing arrangement for focusing the output laser beam at a skin area selected for perforation, a guiding arrang... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7517344 | Device for treating human skin by means of radiation The invention relates to a device (1) for treating human skin by means of radiation. The device comprises a housing (3) with a radiation exit opening (13). A radiation source (9) is accommodated in the housing. Radiation generated by the ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7479137 | Laser depilator A laser depilator comprising a unit for removing hairs from the skin, a light source for irradiating laser light, and a lens for irradiating the skin with the laser light irradiated from the light source while deforming the beam shape so as to conform to the shape o... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7470270 | Acne treatment A method and apparatus (100) are provided for treating acne using pulsed radiant energy (246) to destroy or partially destroy one or more hairs (112), without damaging the skin, or, alternatively, to destroy or partially destroy one or more acne... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7452356 | Eye-safe dermatologic treatment apparatus A dermatologic treatment apparatus is disclosed which includes one or more housings with at least one housing configured for manipulation in a dermatologic treatment procedure, a light source, and an electrical circuit. The circuit energizes the light source to prod... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438713 | Scanning laser handpiece with shaped output beam A method for delivering electromagnetic radiation onto tissue to be treated with the radiation includes delivering the radiation onto the tissue in a treatment-spot having a polygonal shape such as a rectangle or a hexagon. The polygonal shape is selected such that ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431719 | System for electromagnetic radiation dermatology and head for use therewith A system for treating a selected dermatological problem and a head for use with such system are provided. The head may include an optical waveguide having a first end to which EM radiation appropriate for treating the condition is applied. The waveguide also has a s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427289 | Multiple wavelength laser workstation Lasers capable of lasing at at least two wavelengths are provided having a lasing medium which is capable of lasing at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength. Also disclosed are laser workstations having two lasers driven by a single electronics drive system ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413567 | Optical sensor and method for identifying the presence of skin A sensor for detecting the presence of skin is disclosed, one configuration of which uses multiple light emitting diodes, each of a unique wavelength band, and a broad-band photodetector to measure the remission of light at multiple wavelengths from a material being... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413572 | Adaptive control of optical pulses for laser medicine Tissue is treated by irradiating it with a sequence of optical pulses that are directed in sequence to various sites on the tissue. During the irradiation sequence, one or more tissue properties are measured at a site(s) that has already been irradiated. These measu... | 08/19/2008 |
| RE40403 | Method for non-invasive wrinkle removal and skin treatment A method for the treatment of wrinkles on human skin, by stimulating collagen growth beneath the epidermis layer, comprising the steps of: arranging a pulsed dye laser generator in light communication with a pulsed dye laser delivery device. The pulsed dye laser del... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371435 | Method for preparing golf ball A paint composition comprising an aqueous resin having photo-curable functional groups in a molecule, a photoinitiator, and a crosslinker is suitable for use on golf balls since the composition is fully adherent to molded parts of ionomer resins and urethane resins ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370817 | Actuated atomizer An actuated atomizer is adapted for spray cooling or other applications wherein a well-developed, homogeneous and generally conical spray mist is required. The actuated atomizer includes an outer shell formed by an inner ring; an outer ring; an actuator insert and a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373254 | Disinfestation of medical implants with radiation The present invention relates to the process of selectively exposing matter to a specific wavelength of electromagnetic energy in sufficient flux density per wavelength to cause or promote a desired effect. The process includes, but is not limited to, destroying, di... | 05/13/2008 |
