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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8080047 | Light therapy device A light therapy device for rhinitis treatment. The light therapy device includes a hollow tube body with a longitudinal axis, being dimensioned and configured to permit insertion into a nostril of a treatment subject. A light emitting diode package disposed within t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7686839 | Phototherapy treatment devices for applying area lighting to a wound Phototherapy treatment devices include a light emitter that is adapted to be placed in close proximity to a wound for applying light/heat energy to the wound to aid in the healing process. The light emitter may comprise a light guide that receives light from a light... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7422599 | Device for treating infants with light A device for providing light, preferably UV light to infants and/or children. The device comprises a housing, inside the housing are one or more light sources adapted to emit light at a therapeutic wavelength or wavelengths. A series of apertures in the housing are ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422598 | Multi-wavelength oral phototherapy applicator Oral phototherapy applicators are disclosed that are sized and shaped so as to fit at least partially in a user's mouth and have at least one radiation emitter coupled to an apparatus body to irradiate a portion of the oral cavity with phototherapeutic radiation in ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372441 | Burst pulse circuit for signal lights and method A circuit is provided for over-driving a super-luminescent light emitting diode having a maximum forward continuous current rating. A power supply provides a pulse width modulated signal to an analog memory connected to the power supply and a pulse generator. The pu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351253 | Intranasal red light probe for treating Alzheimer's disease A method of treating Alzheimer's Disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329887 | Solid state light device A photon emitting device comprises a plurality of solid state radiation sources to generate radiation. The solid state radiation sources can be disposed in an array pattern. Optical concentrators, arranged in a corresponding array pattern, receive radiation from cor... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309262 | Connector assembly for an implantable medical device and process for making A connector assembly for coupling to an implantable medical device includes a core element formed of a first thermoplastic material shaped to receive a connector member for receiving a lead. The connector assembly further includes a circuit member positioned adjacen... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302297 | Apparatus for applying pulsed charge to living matter Apparatus for inducing electrically charged alignment changes in biological tissue includes a generally flat translucent cavity containing a volume of gas that includes water vapor, carbon dioxide and other similarly common molecules that is charged along one surfac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298536 | Fiber optic wafer probe A fiber optic wafer probe that includes a fibre optic cable for approaching a device under test. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294108 | Cardiac event microrecorder and method for implanting same A cardiac event microrecorder comprising a hermetically sealed housing is shaped and dimensioned to facilitate the subcutaneous implantation of the microrecorder in a human patient by injection through the lumen of a hypodermic needle. The housing comprises a tubula... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267675 | RF device with thermo-electric cooler An RF device includes a support structure. An RF electrode is coupled to the support structure and includes conductive and dielectric portions. A thermo-electric cooler is coupled to the support structure and is configured to cool a back surface of the RF electrode.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258695 | Hair restoration device and methods of using and manufacturing the same The present invention provides for a hair restoration device and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the hair restoration device is comprised of (i) a hairbrush body housing a plurality of wide-pattern laser LEDs configured to cooperate t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241306 | Narrow-band UV-B phototherapeutic device A narrow-band UV-B phototherapeutic device includes: a light source unit that includes a fluorescent lamp of planar structure that is the ultraviolet light source for emitting narrow-band UV-B; a power supply for causing the fluorescent lamp to emit light; and a con... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229436 | Method and kit for treatment of tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a method for creating a desired tissue effect. An RF electrode is provided that includes a conductive portion. The RF electrode is coupled to a fluid delivery member that delivers a cooling fluidic med... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231253 | IMD connector header with grommet retainer An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a connector header for making electrical and mechanical connections with a proximal connector assembly of an electrical medical lead and includes a retainer for retaining a penetrable grommet within a header grommet apert... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217023 | Linear luminous body and linear luminous structure The invention is directed to a linear luminous body comprising: a light source; a light source accommodating portion in which the light source is accommodated; and a light guide held by the light source accommodating portion so as to extend from the light source acc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208007 | System and method utilizing guided fluorescence for high intensity applications A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent illumination source. The fluorescence concentrator captures a portion of the is... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189230 | Method for treating skin and underlying tissue A method for treating a tissue site couples an energy delivery surface of an electromagnetic energy delivery device with a skin surface. An underlying tissue area beneath the skin surface is created. The cooling creates a reverse thermal gradient, where a temperatur... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177695 | Early stage wound healing using electromagnetic radiation A device and method is disclosed for the treatment of early stage wounds, i.e. those wounds that have resulted in little or no breach of the skin tissue. The invention utilizes non-ablative laser or non-coherent electromagnetic radiation applied to a stage one or tw... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166719 | Fluorinated photosensitizers related to chlorins and bacteriochlorins for photodynamic therapy Provided herein are compounds for detection, diagnosis and treatment of target tissues or target compositions, including hyperproliferative tissues such as tumors, using photodynamic methods. In particular, photosensitizer compounds that collect in hyperproliferativ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7141049 | Handpiece for treatment of tissue A handpiece that includes a handpiece assembly, a handpiece housing and a cooling fluidic medium valve member. An electrode assembly is coupled to the handpiece housing. The electrode assembly has a least one RF electrode that is capacitively coupled to a skin surfa... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130698 | Apparatus for applying pulsed voltage charge to living matter Apparatus for inducing electrically charged alignment changes in biological tissue includes a generally flat translucent cavity containing a volume of gas that includes water vapor, carbon dioxide and other similarly common molecules that is charged along one surfac... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115123 | Handpiece with electrode and non-volatile memory An apparatus for cooling a skin surface includes an RF device that has an RF electrode with dielectric and conductive portions. The RF device is configured to be coupled to an RF energy source. A cooling member is coupled to the RF device. A memory is coupled to the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7094378 | Method and apparatus for inactivation of biological contaminants using photosensitizers Methods and apparatuses for treating fluids to inactivate microorganisms which may be present therein, said fluid containing one or more components selected from the group consisting of protein, blood and blood constituents are provided. The methods comprise adjusti... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055986 | Programmable LED spectral light source An apparatus for emulating various known night sky illumination conditions. The apparatus comprises a plurality of electrically-powerable LEDs which are disposed in an array and have respective spectral curves centered at different wavelengths in the visible to the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053210 | Efficient synthesis of pyropheophorbide a and its derivatives A process for the preparation of pyropheophorbide a and its derivatives, including 3-devinyl-3-(1′-hexyloxy)ethyl-pyropheophorbide-a, otherwise known as HPPH, is provided. The process involves treating chlorin e6, in the form of its trimethyl ester, wit... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022121 | Handpiece for treatment of tissue A handpiece has a handpiece assembly and includes a handpiece housing. An insert is detachably coupled to the handpiece housing. The insert includes an RF electrode with a conductive portion and a dielectric. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018395 | Photodynamic treatment of targeted cells The present invention is drawn to methods for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of a target cell, target tissue or target composition in a mammalian subject, using a therapeutically effective amount of a targeted substance, which is either a targeted photosensitizing agent... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016733 | Telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device Improved telemetry antennas and methods of fabrication for an implantable medical device (IMD) for use in uplink telemetry (UT) and downlink telemetry (DT) transmissions between the IMD and an external medical device (EMD) are disclosed. A first telemetry antenna el... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006749 | Laser system with fiber-bound communication A laser system is provided that includes a laser unit, an incoupling means for coupling the laser radiation into a light-guide, and an outcoupling means for coupling the laser radiation out from the light-guide. A data transmitting means is coupled to the incoupling... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6970634 | Fiber optic wafer probe A fiber optic wafer probe that includes a fiber optic cable for approaching a device under test. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957907 | Illumination apparatus having a light-converting lens for increasing visual contrast between different oral tissues A tissue illumination apparatus is useful in identifying caries, calculus, fractures, diseases or other defects in tissues within the oral cavity. The tissue illumination apparatus includes a light emitting device and at least one focusing lens. The lens may be conf... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951558 | Scanning laser handpiece with shaped output beam A scanning optical system for delivering electromagnetic radiation onto tissue to be treated is cooperative with a lightguide or optical fiber. Radiation to be delivered is provided by a source thereof via the optical fiber. The optical system includes an optical pr... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6660025 | Body illuminating device with alternating longitudinally offset tubular lamps A tanning bed has an array of closely spaced ultraviolet-emitting, fluorescent lamps in which each lamp is longitudinally offset from an adjacent lamp to allow space for grasping of one end to rotate the lamp for removal of the lamp from its sockets.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6607526 | Laser irradiation apparatus A laser irradiation apparatus comprising: a long and slender main body 101; an optical fiber 107, which is placed inside the main body 101 and which is equipped with a proximal end through which a laser ray is introduced and an emitting part from which th... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599287 | Medical energy irradiation apparatus An energy irradiation apparatus for medical treatment of tissues through irradiation of energy including a long main unit, an emitting part, a power transmission member, a drive mechanism, a first engaging member, and a second engaging is disclosed. The e... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6488697 | Apparatus for thermotherapy The controller 6 in the apparatus 10 for thermotherapy automatically computes the power P of the laser beam and the flow volume Q of the refrigerant forwarded to the main body 110 as the therapeutic conditions required for effecting the thermotherapy. The... | 12/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6464715 | Intensive multidirectional phototherapy device Disclosed is a phototherapy device for treating icterus in new-born patients, comprising a light box with at least one light source arranged in the box for illuminating the patient and a support for the patient to be placed upon which is at least partiall... | 10/15/2002 |
