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6090788 Phototherapy based method for treating pathogens and composition for effecting same  
A method for treating an area of skin or nail affected with a pathogen, the method comprising the step of irradiating the area of skin or nail with a light beam having at least one wavelength...
6090102 Short pulse mid-infrared laser source for surgery  
A solid state laser source for surgical applications which produces short-pulse, mid-infrared radiation. Specifically, the laser preferably emits radiation near the absorption peak of water, with...
6086580 Laser treatment/ablation of skin tissue  
Mammalian skin is treated and advantageously smoothed, for example to remove wrinkles, lines, warts and scars therefrom, by topically applying thereto a composition which comprises at least one...
6084242 Method and device for stimulating the immune system and generating healing at the cellular level  
A method and device for stimulating the immune system employs a laser diode to provide a source of infrared radiation with a wavelength around 1917 nm through a tube or guide to the skin of a...
6083218 Method and apparatus for removing dental caries by using laser radiation  
An apparatus (1) is provided for treating a target area (22) of a tooth (10). The apparatus (1) generally comprises a coolant delivery system (20) and an ultraviolet laser system (15). The coolant...
6083217 Destruction for unwanted tissue by deep laser heating of water  
A process for destroying relatively deep formations of unwanted sub-epidermal tissue by heating water in the formations with a laser to denature proteins therein. In an exemplary embodiment, a...
6080148 Variable pulse width lasing device  
A variable pulse width lasing device for selectively reducing the amount of laser energy provided during a surgical procedure is described. The device includes a central processing unit, a laser...
6080146 Method and apparatus for hair removal  
A method and apparatus for the removal of, and at least inhibiting the regrowth of, unwanted hair by applying optical radiation to the follicle, including the hair shaft therein, of an energy, a...
6080144 Method of improving photorefractive keratectomy by increasing ablation smoothness  
A method of performing photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) wherein the surface smoothness is enhanced. The present invention minimizes the ablation zone dimension including central ablation depth,...
6059774 Apparatus and method of uniformly ablating a layer from the surface of a substrate  
The apparatus and the method of ablating matter from a substrate using a laser, an optical system, and a screen arranged within the beam path of the laser. A laser spot is formed which exhibits...
6056741 Dual beam laser ablation  
6056739 Profiling the intensity distribution of optical beams  
A beam profiler comprising: an intensity modifier constructed and arranged to separately modify the intensity profile of different subbeam portions of an initial beam to thereby create respective...
6056740 Method and apparatus for combined cylindrical and spherical eye corrections  
A method for performing concurrent spherical and cylindrical corrections to the corneal surface of the eye to reduce myopia and astigmatism. A laser beam irradiates the corneal surface via a...
6053909 Ionothermal delivery system and technique for medical procedures  
An Rf energy applicator with a working end that carries a bi-polar Rf electrode system for creating a Rf-tissue interaction or ionothermal effect in subsurface tissue (a first ionothermal system)...
6045575 Therapeutic method and internally illuminated garment for the management of disorders treatable by phototherapy  
An apparatus for treating neonatal jaundice is in the form of a garment (10, 40) which has semiconductor light sources (14, 214, 314) affixed thereto for radiating toward the "inside" of the...
6039726 Method and apparatus for concentrating laser beams  
The invention includes the use of a beam homogenizer (scattering surface) at the input aperture of a tapered optical fiber to avoid hot spots (2) in the tapered section which would otherwise...
6033431 Diode laser irradiation system for biological tissue stimulation  
A diode laser irradiation system for treating biological tissue of a subject without exposing the tissue to damaging thermal effects. The system includes a manipulable wand for contact with the...
6033678 Microclustered Water  
Microclustered water is produced from a starting water. First, the starting water is boiled to produce steam. Next, the steam is passed across a magnetic field, and the steam is condensed at a...
6030411 Photoemitting catheters and other structures suitable for use in photo-dynamic therapy and other applications  
A structure generates electromagnetic radiation having at least one wavelength selected for activating a photosensitive substance that is applied to a tissue to be treated. The structure is...
6004314 Optical coherence tomography assisted surgical apparatus  
Ophthalmologic surgical microscope which is combined internally with an optical coherence tomography ("OCT") apparatus wherein auto-focusing is provided by driving a motorized internal focusing...
5993438 Intrastromal photorefractive keratectomy  
A method for performing intrastromal photorefractive keratectomy in the cornea of an eye, using a pulsed, laser beam to photodisrupt a portion of the cornea, includes the initial step of focusing...
5989243 Excimer laser angioplasty system  
A fiber-optic waveguide, used for ablating lesions in blood vessels, is mounted within and guided by a catheter having multiple lumens extending therethrough and parallel to each other. The...
5984916 Ophthalmic surgical laser and method  
A laser-based method and apparatus for corneal and intraocular surgery. The preferred method of performing a surface ablation of cornea tissue or other organic materials uses a laser source which...
5970983 Method of laser surgery  
A method of laser surgery, comprising the steps of selecting lasers whose output radiation has appropriate extinction lengths in the tissue to be ablated, coagulated, and/or shrunk, and directing...
5968034 Pulsed filament lamp for dermatological treatment  
A high energy filament lamp light source, such as a quartz tungsten halogen lamp, operated in a pulsed mode with a high voltage input, creates a particular energy output. Applications of such...
5968037 User programmable combination of atomized particles for electromagnetically induced cutting  
An electromagnetically induced cutting mechanism which can provide accurate cutting operations on both hard and soft materials is disclosed. The electromagnetically induced cutter is capable of...
5955840 Method and apparatus to generate ultraviolet (UV) radiation, specifically for irradiation of the human body  
A method and an apparatus for phototherapy or tanning of the human body utilizes energy most efficiently by generating incoherent excimer radiation in the wavelength bands of between 300 and 310...
5941874 Simulating a laser treatment on the eye by pretreating a contact lens  
A technique and apparatus are provided for simulating a laser treatment on the eye by pretreating a contact lens. A proposed laser treatment is developed using a patient's eye data. That laser...
5938656 Process and device for correcting the shape of a lens  
In order to render possible the ablation to different depths in a process for correcting the shape of a lens in which the surface of the lens is acted upon by the radiation of a pulsed radiation...
5919186 Laser apparatus for surgery of cataractous lenses  
A method and apparatus for removing cataracts in which a flexible line preferably 1 mm or less in diameter is inserted through an incision into the anterior chamber until its end is adjacent the...
5916211 Permanent hair removal using visible red wavelength spectrum lasers  
A device for permanently removing hair and a process for using that device comprising a laser emitting light in the visible red wave length spectrum, the laser light being used to destroy the hair...
5910140 Laser medical device  
The laser medical device includes a Nd:YAlO 3 laser crystal; a pumping system which illuminates the laser crystal with light irradiated from a pumping light source and achieves population...
5897549 Transformation of unwanted tissue by deep laser heating of water  
A process for treating relatively deep formations of undesirable sub-epidermal tissue by heating water in the formations with a laser to denature proteins therein. In an exemplary embodiment, a...
5891158 Method and system for directing an instrument to a target  
A method and a surgical guidance system (20) direct an instrument to a target (40) located inside a patient (22). The surgical guidance system (20) includes a fixation frame (28), a first arc...
5885274 Filament lamp for dermatological treatment  
Thermal modification of dermatological tissue using non-laser infrared light energy. A high energy incandescent-type lamp, such as a quartz tungsten halogen lamp, operated in a pulsed mode with a...
5876397 Reduction of an arteriosclerotic lesion by selective absorption of electromagnetic energy in a component thereof  
A novel method for reducing an arteriosclerotic lesion is disclosed in which the electromagnetic energy directed at the lesion is selectively absorbed by a lesion component, e.g. cholesterol. The...
5865830 Noncontact laser microsurgical apparatus  
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...
5865829 Medical optical apparatus  
A medical optical system includes an observation optical system for guiding light emitted from a light source to a predetermined part to be illuminated, and causing light reflected from the...
5855595 Tumor treatment apparatus  
A tumor treatment apparatus is provided including a light source which emits a bundle of light including ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation and infrared radiation. Also provided are an...
5843071 Method and apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses  
A method and apparatus for removing cataracts in which a flexible line preferably 1 mm or less in diameter is inserted through an incision into the anterior chamber until its end is adjacent the...
5840023 Optoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis  
The laser optoacoustic imaging system described herein utilizes time-resolved measurement of profiles of laser-induced transient pressure (acoustic) waves. The pressure waves are emitted by...
5836999 Method and apparatus for treating psoriasis using pulsed electromagnetic radiation  
A method and apparatus for treating psoriasis includes a source of incoherent electromagnetic energy. The energy is directed to a region of tissue to be treated. The pulse duration and the number...
5835647 Device for generating a laser beam having a homogenized cross section and use of this beam  
A device designed for generating a laser beam having a homogenized cross section has the following features: a) a pulsed solid-state laser with an emission in a wavelength range of between 2 and 3...
5820627 Real-time optical feedback control of laser lithotripsy  
A method for selectively ablating targeted biological material uses real-time optical feedback control to measure incandescent photoemissions emitted from irradiated biological material and, based...
5807379 Ophthalmic method and apparatus for laser surgery of the cornea  
The invention contemplates a method for making a disposable element adapted for selective placement in the path of laser beam delivery to the cornea. The element carries a membrane of uniform...
5796903 Heavy metal-oxide glass optical fibers for use in laser medical surgery and process of making  
An improved optical glass fiber for transmitting mid infrared wavelength laser light in surgical instruments, includes a heavy-metal oxide component, preferably GeO 2 doped with heavier cations...
5792184 Apparatus for generating electromagnetic radiation  
This apparatus can generate simulated bio-frequency spectrum signals from 0.2 μm-10 mm. The signals are produced by a simulated bio-spectrum generating component when monomer or compounds of one...
5782822 Method and apparatus for removing corneal tissue with infrared laser radiation  
A surgical technique for removing corneal tissue with scanned infrared radiation is disclosed which utilizes short mid-infrared laser pulses to provide a tissue removal mechanism based on...
5779696 Method and apparatus for performing corneal reshaping to correct ocular refractive errors  
A noninvasive method is described for performing accurate and controlled reshaping of the anterior surface of the cornea in order to correct ocular refractive errors such as myopia...
5776175 Method and apparatus for treatment of cancer using pulsed electromagnetic radiation  
The invention includes a method for the hyperthermic treatment of tumors including the steps of providing a pulsed radiation output from a radiation source; and directing said pulsed radiation...
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