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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4898439 | Light radiation device for use in medical treatment A light radiation device for use in medical treatment comprises a ring-shaped light source portion and a cylindrical transparent light radiation portion. The ring-shaped light source comprises a connector for connecting a fiber optic cable thereto and a p... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4874361 | Method for healing damaged skin A composition and method of using the same for treating human skin of all races for a wide variety of skin ailments, including acne, blemishing, aging, sun damage and cancerous lesions, and other problems associated with skin disorders. The method compris... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4854320 | Laser healing method and apparatus The method and apparatus of the invention use a beam of laser emitted optical energy to effect wound closure and reconstruction of biological tissue. In response to input as to tissue type and thickness, a computer determines the output power, exposure ti... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4836203 | Device for therapeutical irradiation of organic tissue by laser radiation The device comprises an HeNe laser (1), which emits on a wavelength of 633 nm and a second laser (5) emitting in the near-infrared range. This second laser (5) has a continuous-wave operation and emits radiation in the 800-870 mn wavelength range, prefera... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4819669 | Method and apparatus for shaving the beard A method of shaving a beard is disclosed which includes the steps of passing the hairs of a beard through an electrically and thermally insulating grid and then applying laser energy of selected wave lengths to the ends of the hairs passing through the gr... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4768513 | Method and device for measuring and processing light A method and device for measuring and processing light whereby laser light is irradiated onto positions of an organism which has been injected with a fluorescent substance having a strong affinity for tumors, the fluorescence and the reflected light produ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4737628 | Method and system for controlled and selective removal of material A method and apparatus for controlling the removal of unwanted material from a site wherein there are present other materials utilizes pulses of high intensity radiant energy such as a laser beam. The control is accomplished by illuminating the site, with... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4733660 | Laser system for providing target specific energy deposition and damage A hand piece for use with a laser includes a scanning mechanism which controls dosimetry of radiation applied to a target area which is adjustable to limit thermal diffusion from the light absorbing portion of the irradiated target site for selective targ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4718416 | Laser treatment apparatus Medical apparatus for performing treatment with a laser beam includes a laser oscillator generating a laser beam which is transmitted over an optical fiber to a hand piece including a plurality of rectangularly sectioned light guides, or kaleidoscopes, ea... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4653495 | Laser medical apparatus The invention is primarily intended to provide a laser medical apparatus which radiates a patient's diseased spot with laser beams issued from a source and introduced from the distal end face of an optical fiber unit through a hand piece set at the output... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4617926 | Depilation device and method A depilation device includes a laser beam generator 15 embodied in a hand gun 20 with a trigger 19 enabling pulses of laser energy to be delivered along a flexible fibre optic probe 13 which has a bore in the end which can fit over a hair to be destroyed.... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4608978 | Method and apparatus for photoepiltion The certain quantity of light energy sufficient to effect lifelessness in each of a particular type of hairs, such as is found in a face, arm or back, is provided to the tip of a hand held probe each time a switch is closed, independent of the duration of... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4564011 | Laser optic device and method A laser optic device comprises at least one optic fiber disposed within a protective conduit which is mounted to a disposable probe assembly having a hollow needle insertable within the body. Laser energy is transmitted through the optic fiber to a lens a... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4388924 | Method for laser depilation The roots of human hairs of a patient are devitalized using high intensity, short duration pulses of light having wavelengths with respect to which the skin of the patient is non-absorbative and the hair of the patient is relatively absorbative. A narrow,... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4316467 | Control for laser hemangioma treatment system A laser for directing a nominally 5 micron wavelength beam at a hemangioma or other variegated lesion. A fiber optic bundle for intercepting radiation reflected from the lesion at an intensity corresponding with the color intensity of the region at which ... | 02/23/1982 |