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7618415 Beam steering system for corneal laser surgery  
A device and method for steering a laser beam to a focal point in target tissue requires generating a laser beam. Diversions of the laser beam from a central beam path are minimized by a sequential...
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 (...
7582082 Device for shortening hairs by means of laser induced optical breakdown effects  
The invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for shortening hairs ( 3 ), in particular growing from human skin ( 5 ). The device ( 1 ) has a laser source ( 7 ) for generating a laser beam ( 9 ) during a...
7568619 System and method for identifying and controlling ophthalmic surgical devices and components  
System and method for identifying a component, such as an optical probe or pneumatic scissors, of an ophthalmic surgical device. A component of a surgical device includes an identifier, such as a...
7549985 Method and system to create and acoustically manipulate a microbubble  
A method and system to create and acoustically manipulate without destroying a microbubble which, in biological applications, can manipulate structures such as cells and subcellular structures at a...
7543588 Multi-functional surgical control system switching interface  
An interface which allows a surgeon to operate multiple surgical devices from a single input device. The input device may be a foot pedal that provides output signals to actuate a number of...
7537591 Method and device for monitoring the energy and/or the position of a pulsed and scanned laser beam  
A method for measuring at least one of an energy and a position of a pulsed laser beam, notably in an ophthalmologic excimer laser. The pulsed laser beam is intermittently directed at a sensor,...
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....
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...
7503916 Integrated scanning and ocular tomography system and method  
Systems and methods of the present invention measure at least one reflecting surface of an object disposed along an optical path. In some embodiments a measured optical interference signal for each...
7498565 Method of and system for selective cell destruction  
Method and apparatus for the ionization of living cells where an optical device ( 14 ) delivers an optical pulse having an optical field power which is modified locally by an optical field power...
7491222 Cosmetic treatment apparatus  
A cosmetic treatment apparatus comprises a discharge lamp, a capacitor, and a current controller. The capacitor supplies an electric current for the discharge lamp. The current controller controls...
7485116 Laser systems, with a fiber storage and dispensing unit, useful in medicine and dentistry  
A laser system useful in medicine or dentistry that includes a removable fiber module that manages fiber dispensing to avoid damage to or waste of fiber.
7479138 Laser pulse position monitor for scanned laser eye surgery systems  
Devices, systems, and methods for measuring and determining positions of light energy having wavelengths of less than (as well as equal to or greater than) 200 nm, and are particularly well suited...
7474919 Laser-based method and system for enhancing optical breakdown  
An additive, preferably in the form of metal nanoparticles or nanodomains, greatly improves a laser-based method and system for inducing optical breakdown. The use of ultrashort laser pulses to...
7465307 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 (...
7465299 Monitoring of retinal temperature during laser therapy  
In a laser eye treatment apparatus, a probe light source generates a secondary emitted light emanating from a treatment area of retinal tissue that is irradiated by a treatment light source. An...
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...
7415050 Electromagnetic energy distributions for electromagnetically induced mechanical cutting  
Output optical energy pulses including relatively high energy magnitudes at the beginning of each pulse are disclosed. As a result of the relatively high energy magnitudes which lead each pulse,...
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...
7413566 Training enhanced pseudo accommodation methods, systems and devices for mitigation of presbyopia  
Devices, systems, and methods for developing prescriptions for and/or treating presbyopia may use a combination of an alteration to the refractive tissues of the eye with changes in the response of...
7406109 Hand held laser for medical treatment  
A hand held laser for treating a skin condition includes a housing comprising a first end, a second end and a cavity therein wherein the cavity includes a substantially light reflective surface and...
7402159 System and method for positioning a patient for laser surgery  
A system for positioning the eye of a patient, relative to a stationary surgical laser unit, includes a chair for moving the patient. An eye stabilizing element is held against the eye, with a...
7393349 Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus  
An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus comprises: a main unit in which an illumination and observation optical system for illuminating a patient's eye and allowing observation of the patient's eye...
7390325 Apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures with a robotic arm that has a passive joint and system which can decouple the robotic arm from the input device  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that...
7367969 Ablative material removal with a preset removal rate or volume or depth  
The present invention includes a method of surgical material removal from a body by optical-ablation with controlled pulse energy from an amplifier including inputting an...
7361171 Man-portable optical ablation system  
The present invention includes an apparatus and method of surgical ablative material removal “in-vivo” or from an outside surface with a short optical pulse that is amplified and compressed...
7355695 Wavefront calibration analyzer and methods  
A wavefront sensor enhances calibration of a laser ablation system, such as a laser eye surgery system, by measuring one or more characteristics of an ablated test surface. Typically, light is...
7351241 Method and apparatus for precision working of material  
A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz...
RE40184 Refractive surgery and presbyopia correction using infrared and ultraviolet lasers  
A method and surgical technique for corneal reshaping and for presbyopia correction are provided. The preferred embodiments of the system consists of a scanner, a beam spot controller and coupling...
7338485 Cardiac lesions with continuity testing  
A method and apparatus for treating in situ biologic tissue include identifying a patient with a condition susceptible to treatment by forming a lesion in the tissue and accessing a surface of the...
7331983 Fiber assisted irradiation system and method for biostimulation  
The present invention provides a system and method for improved biostimulative effect through the use of low mode/oligomode fibers to transport coherent light to a treatment site. Oligomode fibers...
7331953 Method and apparatus for dermatological treatment  
The present invention provides improved methods and apparatus for skin treatment. The apparatus includes multiple sources of optical energy or several blades that are scanned along a region of skin...
7331952 Method and apparatus for aesthetic skin treatments  
An apparatus for aesthetic manipulation of the skin having a large pulsator with plurality of light emitting diodes of at least two different wavelengths and a small pulsator with one light...
7329252 Apparatus for laser depilation  
An apparatus for laser depilation according to the present invention uses a semiconductor laser diode, which is controlled in respect of its energy level, thereby permitting an economical,...
7329251 Laser treatment apparatus  
A laser treatment apparatus for performing treatment by irradiating an affected part with a laser beam comprises: a laser source capable of emitting beams of a plurality of different wavelengths; a...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7220224 Retinal translocation and fixation using adhesive material  
The present invention relates to a method of displacing an area of the macula of an eye, including the steps of placing a substance below the surface of the retina, folding the retina to form a...
7217266 Apparatus and method for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback  
A platform Smart Scalpel system using rapid real-time feedback for effecting laser treatment. The platform system includes an imaging system for rapid real-time detection of tissue characteristics,...