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7584756 Apparatus and method for correction of aberrations in laser system optics  
The present invention provides a method for minimizing fluence distribution of a laser over a predetermined pattern. In particular, the method is useful for minimizing fluence variance over a...
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...
7577471 Optical coherence tomography system  
An optical coherence tomography system includes a catheter in which is arranged a plurality of light conducting fibers. It further includes a plurality of optical units. Light from the proximal end...
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...
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....
7510553 Medical energy irradiating apparatus  
A temperature measuring unit of a temperature sensor has electrodes disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of a temperature measuring element, thin-film substrates disposed on the upper and lower...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7220255 Method and apparatus for laser surgery of the cornea  
A laser-based method and apparatus for corneal surgery. The present invention is intended to be applied primarily to ablate organic materials, and human cornea in particular. The invention uses 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,...
7198624 Apparatus with ultra violet spectrum lamp, for the treatment of psoriasis  
A phototherapy apparatus for the treatment of psoriasis which includes a dielectric-discharge excimer lamp 32 , which is equipped with a reflector 34 and optical system 36 for ensuring a...
7143769 Controlling pulse energy of an optical amplifier by controlling pump diode current  
The present invention includes the method of using optically-pumped optical amplifiers to remove material from a body by optical-ablation through time-compressing the amplified pulse and...
7135016 Non-penetrating filtration surgery  
This invention is an apparatus for ophthalmic surgery comprising a laser source ( 52 ) that generates a laser beam ( 54 ); a scanner ( 56 ) comprising an input for said laser beam, and an output of...
7115120 Selective photocoagulation  
Selective photocoagulation of particular cells, tissue or portion of tissue can be aided by monitoring microcavitation within the material exposed to electromagnetic radiation ( 12 ). The...
7112194 Method and apparatus for obtaining irradiation intensity of a laser beam, and apparatus for irradiating the laser beam  
A method and an apparatus for obtaining irradiation intensity of a laser beam, and a laser beam irradiation apparatus that enable obtaining an irradiation intensity distribution of a laser beam...
7108690 Hair-removing device with a controllable laser source  
A hair-removing device ( 1 ) includes a laser source ( 3 ), an adjustable laser beam manipulator ( 5 ) for positioning a laser beam ( 7 ) of the laser source ( 3 ) in a target position ( 9 ) on a...
7101365 Laser for skin treatment  
A laser system for treating features on the skin of a patient with laser light comprising: an imaging subsystem that locates features on the skin to be treated; a laser; laser optics that focuses...
7090671 Laser corneal surgery apparatus  
The present invention intends to provide a laser corneal surgery apparatus in which an optical system for directing and irradiating a laser beam onto a cornea can be protected from water droplets...
7044945 Prevention of regression in thermal ciliary muscle tendinoplasty  
Methods and apparatus are provided that prevent or inhibit functional regression caused by the stromal remodeling resulting from epithelial or fibroblastic apoptosis or necrosis in patients who...
7033350 High power semiconductor laser diode  
The present invention relates to a portable laser treatment device, comprising case ( 10 ), semiconductor laser diode ( 11 ) which is installed inside the case ( 10 ) and irradiates laser,...
7029469 Method and apparatus for laser removal of hair  
A method and apparatus for removing hairs from living skin is provided involving the measurement with a colorimeter of the color of the area of the skin where the hair is to be removed to obtain a...
7016718 Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus  
In photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy, the oscillating wavelength of laser light from a light source is fitted to a plurality of different kinds of photosensitizers and exciting...
6986765 Corneal surgery apparatus  
An ophthalmic surgery apparatus for observing an anterior portion of an eye, and an optical system for laser beam treatment to the eye. The apparatus has a moving device for moving the optical...
6984228 Phototherapy methods and systems  
The invention features methods and systems for treating inflammatory, proliferative skin disorders, such as psoriasis, with ultraviolet phototherapy. The methods and systems use optical techniques...
6976984 Skin treating device comprising a protected radiation exit opening  
A device treats skin by radiation. The device has a housing accommodating a radiation source and having an exit opening for the radiation. The device activates the radiation source only if the...
6964659 Thermal modeling for reduction of refractive laser surgery times  
The present invention provides systems and methods for applying pulsed energy to an eye. In an exemplary embodiment, a firing rate of the pulsed energy varies in correlation with a modeled or...
6955672 Skin treating device with protection against radiation pulse overdose  
A device for the treatment of skin by radiation pulses. The device has a detector measuring a biophysical property of skin, such as temperature increase, dispersion or absorption coefficient, or...
6932809 Safety shut-off device for laser surgical instruments employing blackbody emitters  
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting overheating in an optical device before harmful consequences, such as severe local heating, can result. In one embodiment of the invention, a...
6916315 Methods of operating a photo-thermal epilation apparatus  
Methods of operating and logging the usage of a photo-thermal epilation apparatus provide for the logging of usage information as the apparatus is employed for each epilation session. The...
RE38670 Apparatus for tissue treatment  
An apparatus for tissue treatment is provided, comprising a light emitter for emission of a first light beam, director for directing the first light beam towards a target area to be treated,...
6817997 Laser treatment apparatus  
A laser treatment apparatus for performing treatment on a treatment part of a skin by irradiating the part with a laser beam for treatment is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a window having an...
6819843 Device and method for photolithographically irradiating biological substances  
A device and a method for the photolithographic exposure of biological substances is described, which comprises at least one light source, a bundle of optical fibers and a control unit, whereby...
6802837 Device used for the photorefractive keratectomy of the eye using a centering method  
The invention relates to a device used for the photorefractive keratectomy of the eye, especially LASIK, uses an UV laser beam for ablating parts of the cornea. A centering light beam is arranged...
6796710 System and method of measuring and controlling temperature of optical fiber tip in a laser system  
A system and method of sensing temperature at an optical fiber tip, including the steps of positioning a slug of fluorescent material adjacent the optical fiber tip, providing an optical stimulus...
6773430 Motion detector for eye ablative laser delivery systems  
Improved systems, devices, and methods are provided for verifying the scanning motion or adjustment of a laser beam. The system can advantageously be used in laser eye surgery where accurate...
6775315 Apparatus and method of directing a laser beam to a thermally managed beam dump in a laser system  
An optical bench for processing laser light in a laser system, including an optical bench housing, a beam dump mounted to the optical bench housing so as to be in optical communication therewith,...
6758845 Automatic firing apparatus and methods for laser skin treatment over large areas  
Laser skin treatment apparatus includes a handpiece for delivering laser-radiation pulses from a laser to an area of skin being treated. The area being treated is larger than an area treatable in a...
6712808 Laser surgery apparatus  
A laser surgery apparatus is provided to minimize a burden on a patient and to obtain a good result of a surgical operation. The laser surgery apparatus for performing surgery on a patient's eye by...
6709269 Apparatus and method for the processing of solid materials, including hard tissues  
A method and apparatus are provided for processing solid materials in general, and of dental material in particular, which involves applying radiation from a laser or other suitable pulsed...
6706036 Method and apparatus for surgery of the cornea using short laser pulses having shallow ablation depth  
A laser-based method and apparatus for corneal surgery. The present invention is intended to be applied primarily to ablate organic materials, and human cornea in particular. The invention uses a...
6706035 Skin treating device comprising a processor for determination of the radiation pulse dose  
A device for the treatment of skin by radiation. The device has a housing with a radiation source, a control unit, and a detector for detecting an image of the skin. The control unit has a...
6699238 Laser operating system  
A laser operating system, comprising treatment laser beam projector for projecting a treatment laser beam to an affected site to be treated, sighting laser beam projector for projecting a sighting...
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