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6544256 |
Electromagnetically induced cutting with atomized fluid particles for dermatological applications
An electromagnetically induced mechanical cutting mechanism provides accurate cutting and ablating operations on soft tissues such as skin. Electromagnetic energy is concentrated into moist air...
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6544254 |
Combination ultrasound and laser method and apparatus for removing cataract lenses
The present invention is a method and apparatus for removing the lens of the eye in which pulsed ultrasound and laser energy are transmitted by means of an optical fiber delivery system to the lens...
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6533773 |
Myocardial revascularization through the endocardial surface using a laser
Myocardial revascularization is performed by an apparatus and method which forms channels in the myocardium from inside the ventricular cavity without penetrating the full thickness of the...
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6527797 |
Laser device for treatment of painful symptomatologies and associated method
A device for laser treatment of painful symptomatologies with a first laser source 1, a conveying device for conveying the laser energy to a hand unit 5, and optical structure 11, 13 for...
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6520981 |
Significance of dosimetry in photodynamic therapy of injured arteries
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), the light activation of methylene blue or benzoporphyrin derivatives to produce free-radicals, was shown in vivo to inhibit intimal hyperplasia (IH) and restenosis. The...
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6514278 |
Method and device for the superficial heating of tissue
The invention relates to a method and a device for the superficial heating of tissue by means of a pulsed light source. According to the invention a series of light pulses is applied to the tissue...
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6514243 |
Method and apparatus for electromagnetic treatment of the skin, including hair depilation
Apparatus and methods for electromagnetic skin treatment, including the removal of hair. Devices include pulsed light sources such as flashlamps for providing electromagnetic treatment of the skin,...
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6503268 |
Therapeutic laser system operating between 1000nm and 1300nm and its use
Laser systems medical or cosmetic applications, comprising diode lasers or diode lasers with other solid state lasers which can deliver up to 30 cw or more, and which generally operate at more than...
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6491715 |
Device for treating growing, dilated or malformed blood vessels and method for treating biological material
In a device for treating blood vessels with a laser, the laser provides a beam in a wavelength range from 750 to 850 nm, preferably 805 nm. The device has a measuring unit which measures the...
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6454761 |
Laser surgery device and method
Laser surgery is controlled by interferometry.
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6440122 |
Method of using a cordless pumped &mgr -chip medical laser to cure composites
A controlled process for thoroughly curing light-activated surgical and dental composites is presented using a hand-held, self-contained, cordless, rechargeable laser instrument. At least one micro...
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6413267 |
Therapeutic laser device and method including noninvasive subsurface monitoring and controlling means
A method is provided for treating a patient having a disorder, wherein the method includes irradiating a tissue surface of the patient with at least one laser beam, automatically monitoring the...
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6406474 |
Device and method for application of radiation
A photonic scanning and delivery system capable of controllable transmission of light energy to an irregularly shaped treatment area are disclosed. The desired uniformity (controllability) of light...
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6383175 |
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...
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6358243 |
Dual wavelength surgical laser system
A dual wavelength surgical laser system for performing laser surgery on living tissue with a minimum amount of collateral tissue damage is disclosed. The dual wavelength surgical laser system...
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6342053 |
Apparatus for cornea reshaping
An apparatus is described for use in combination with a noninvasive ophthalmological method for cornea reshaping in order to correct ocular refractive errors such as myopia (nearsightedness),...
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6328732 |
Device for treating bodily substances
A device for treating bodily substances, in particular for intraocular cataract surgery, said device comprising a laser beam source, for example, an erbium YAG laser, which produces pulsed laser...
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6322556 |
Method of laser photoablation of lenticular tissue for the correction of vision problems
A method for the laser photoablation of ocular lens tissue comprises the steps of determining a volume of the lens tissue to be photoablated and directing a pulsed, infrared laser beam at the...
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6319274 |
Devices and techniques for light-mediated stimulation of trabecular meshwork in glaucoma therapy
An apparatus and technique for transscleral light-mediated biostimulation of the trabecular plates of a patient's eye in a treatment for glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The apparatus includes; (i)...
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6319247 |
Systems and methods for corneal surface ablation to correct hyperopia
Systems, methods and apparatus for performing selective ablation of a corneal surface of an eye to effect a desired corneal shape, particularly for correcting a hyperopic/astigmatic condition by...
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6312451 |
Low level laser therapy apparatus
Low level laser therapy apparatus for treatment of various tissue injuries is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a handheld laser probe coupled to a control unit for selecting and...
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6306127 |
Method for alteration of iris pigmentation
A method for altering iris pigmentation in a human, thereby altering perceived iris color of a first iris from a first iris color to a second iris color. The method comprises preselecting one or...
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6293938 |
Photo-refractive keratectomy
The invention features improvements in PRK procedures that relate to preventing non-uniform removal of material from the corneal surface. It has been realized that photoablation by-products...
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6290714 |
Method for treating bone fracture
A method for the treatment of bone fracture using low level laser therapy. A therapist applies pressure adequate to blanch the skin at a treatment point over a site of bone fracture, and applies...
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6287298 |
Diode pumped, multi axial mode intracavity doubled laser
A diode pumped, multi axial mode, intracavity doubled laser has at least two resonator mirrors that define a resonator cavity. A Nd:YVO 4 laser crystal and a LBO doubling crystal are positioned in...
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6287296 |
Device for the removal of tissue from the cornea of an eye
Device for the removal of tissue from the cornea of an eye using a laser beam generator for the production of a laser beam, an optical device by which, during the removal of the tissue, the laser...
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6277111 |
Depilation
Mammalian hair is depilated using a laser source capable of emitting pulse radiation, each pulse having a duration of 1 microsecond to 1 millisecond, and having a wavelength in the range of 600 to...
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6267779 |
Method and apparatus for therapeutic laser treatment
The therapeutic laser apparatus includes at least two wands connected to a controller and radiation source via fiber optic cables. The controller and source include at least two infrared wavelength...
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6264648 |
Corneal curvature modification via internal ablation
A method for modifying the curvature of a live cornea via use of a laser. The live cornea is first separated into first and and second opposed internal surfaces. Next, a laser beam is directed onto...
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6254596 |
Solid state source for generating intense light for photomedicine
This invention teaches an optical source (10) for performing photomedicine. The optical source includes a Nd:YLF laser (12) having an output providing light having a wavelength of 1.053...
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6254594 |
Disposable light source for photothermal treatment of human tissue
A system and method for modification of tissue. The system and method utilize a disposable sample cell that contains a chemical mixture capable of photoinitiation. Upon photoinitiation, a chemical...
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6251100 |
Laser assisted topical anesthetic permeation
The present invention provides an improved method of administering a pharmaceutical composition, such as an anesthetic through the skin of a patient without the use of a sharp or needle. This...
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6251127 |
Dye treatment solution and photodynamic therapy and method of using same
The invention relates to a method of treating an infection or sterilization including applying a dye such as methylene blue, toluidene blue, polymyxin B, or combinations thereof to the area of...
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6251103 |
Photoablative laser eye-treatment method
Transocular and periocular laser delivery system for treatment of eye diseases wherein a fiberoptic element is passed through a perforation made either by paracentesis of eyeball encapsulating...
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6231567 |
Material remover and method
An electromagnetically induced cutting mechanism provides accurate cutting operations on industrial materials. The electromagnetically induced cutter is adapted to interact with atomized fluid...
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6222961 |
Point light source for a laser scanning microscope and process for feeding at least two different laser beams of different wavelengths into a laser scanning microscope
A point light source is disclosed for a laser scanning microscope (7). At least two lasers (1 and/or 2 and/or 3; 4) with different wavelengths may be coupled in the microscope (7). To combine the...
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6221068 |
Method for welding tissue
Radiation is delivered to a wound in a series of sufficiently short pulses, with adequate cooling between individual pulses, to produce cumulative thermal denaturation and welding of the skin edges...
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6221067 |
Corneal modification via implantation
A method for modifying the curvature of a live cornea to correct a patient's vision. The live cornea is first separated into first and second opposed internal surfaces. Next, a laser beam or a...
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6217572 |
Apparatus and method employing lasers for removal of hair
A laser apparatus and method for permanently removing a plurality of hair follicles from the skin of a patient. The laser apparatus includes a housing having first and second lasers contained...
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6214035 |
Method for improving cardiac microcirculation
A method for improving cardiac microcirculation using low level laser therapy. After a cardiac procedure, a therapist or surgeon maintains contact between a laser probe and a region of myocardium,...
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6210399 |
Noncontact laser microsurgical method
A noncontact laser microsurgical apparatus and method for marking a cornea of a patient's or donor's eye in transplanting surgery or keratoplasty, and in incising or excising the corneal tissue in...
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6193711 |
Rapid pulsed Er:YAG laser
An Er:YAG laser system has a resonant cavity including an Er:YAG rod pulse-pumped by a pulsed flashlamp. The pump-pulse repetition rate and average power is selected to provide a known essentially...
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6176854 |
Percutaneous laser treatment
A method of percutaneous and subcutaneous laser treatment of the tissue of a patient is provided. The tip of an optical fiber is passed through the skin, advanced through the tissue subcutaneously...
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6162213 |
Multiple wavelength metal vapor laser system for medical applications
A multiple wavelength laser system includes an active laser gain medium comprising metal vapor which, when excited, produces laser radiation at a plurality of wavelengths. A plurality of medically...
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6159236 |
Expandable treatment device for photodynamic therapy and method of using same
The invention relates to a medical device including a tube and expandable member and one or more light sources disposed in an elongated member disposed in the tube. The light sources emit energy...
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6159204 |
Pulsed light source method for cutting away biological tissue
A pulsed light source for cutting away biological tissue has a control unit that controls the light source in such a way that the light source supplies a series of pulses of predetermined duration...
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6149644 |
Method and apparatus for epidermal treatment with computer controlled moving focused infrared light
A method and apparatus for treating the epidermis with actinic light includes a solid state diode system with a continuous output. The light beam is generated by either a high power light emitting...
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6110165 |
Apparatus for laser treatment
To achieve highly efficient laser irradiation and well-balanced light coagulation treatment within a same treatable site by using laser beam of different wavelengths, an apparatus is disclosed...
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6110166 |
Method for corneal laser surgery
A method for corneal laser surgery includes directing the focal point of a focused laser beam at a start point in the stroma. The focal point is then moved along a predetermined path in the cornea...
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6110212 |
Elastin and elastin-based materials
It is a general object of the invention to provide a method of effecting repair or replacement or supporting a section of a body tissue. Specifically to provide an elastin or elastin-based...
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