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7540869 |
Method and apparatus for improved vascular related treatment
Methods and apparatus are provided for selectively heating blood vessels in a patients skin to effect a desired dermatological (medical or cosmetic) treatment. For shallow vessels, particularly...
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7535935 |
Spectroscopic catheter system with widely tunable source and method of operation
A laser system for a spectroscopic catheter system uses multiple semiconductor gain media having gain peaks at different wavelengths. The output from the gain media is preferably coupled into...
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7524316 |
Endovenous closure of varicose veins with mid infrared laser
This invention is an improved method and device for treating varicose veins 200 or the greater saphenous vein 202 . The method comprises the use of infrared laser radiation in the region of 1.2...
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7494503 |
Method and apparatus for acne prevention
Disclosed is a system and method for treating and preventing skin disorders. More particularly, the disclosed invention is directed toward the prevention of acne and acne scarring by treating...
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7494502 |
Alteration of the skin and nail for the prevention and treatment of skin and nail infections
The method of prevention and treatment of microbial infections that occur on, or just below, the skin and nails of a person consisting of applying a means to inactivate the microbes thus rendering...
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7479136 |
Ophthalmic phototherapy treatment method
An ophthalmic phototherapy device ( 10 ) and associated phototherapy treatment method for promoting healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The ophthalmic phototherapy device ( 10 ) includes a...
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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...
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7452355 |
Method of laser coagulation of blood vessels
The invention provides laser methods for treatment and prophylaxis of hemangioma, phlebectasia and other vascular lesions. The methods increase the effectiveness of blood vessel coagulation while...
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7409954 |
Method for treatment of infections with ultraviolet laser light
A method and an apparatus for the treatment of either endo-cavital infections or abnormal surface tissue conditions, particularly destructive bacterial infections, post major invasive surgery...
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RE40403 |
Method for non-invasive wrinkle removal and skin treatment
A method for the treatment of wrinkles on human skin, by stimulating collagen growth beneath the epidermis layer, comprising the steps of: arranging a pulsed dye laser generator in light...
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7373254 |
Disinfestation of medical implants with radiation
The present invention relates to the process of selectively exposing matter to a specific wavelength of electromagnetic energy in sufficient flux density per wavelength to cause or promote a...
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7367342 |
Wound management systems and methods for using the same
In one aspect, a wound management system is provided. The wound management system includes a multi-lumen cannula adapted to be disposed in a wound site. The multi-lumen cannula includes (1) a fiber...
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7359601 |
Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site
A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant...
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7351252 |
Method and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depth
The present invention provides method and apparatus for treating tissue in a region at depth by applying optical radiation thereto of a wavelength able to reach the depth of the region and of a...
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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...
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7347552 |
Device for examining the anterior and the posterior segments of the eyeball
The invention is a device for examining the anterior and the posterior segments of the eyeball in a patient's eye, including a stereoscopic microscope system and an oscillating slit lamp disposed...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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7276059 |
Treatment of skin disorders with UV light and cooling
Skin disorders such as, for example, atopic dermatitis, dyshidrosis, eczema, lichen planus, psoriasis, and vitiligo, are treated by applying high doses of ultraviolet light to diseased regions of a...
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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...
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7261729 |
Treatment of vitiligo
Disclosed herein is a novel method of treating vitiligo by using an excimer laser that emits light in the UVB range. The invention includes a method of incrementally increasing exposure of affected...
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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...
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7241291 |
Method and system for skin treatment using light energy and skin deformation
A system and method for the treatment of a skin comprising. The system comprises an applicator having a cavity and one or more light sources configured to irradiate the cavity with optical energy...
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7229435 |
Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus
An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus which irradiates a laser beam to a patient's eye to be treated is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a first optical fiber which delivers a first laser beam...
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7201765 |
Method and apparatus for acne treatment
Disclosed is a system and method for treatment of skin disorders. More particularly, the disclosed invention is directed toward the treatment of acne and acne scarring by treating sebaceous oil...
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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...
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7160287 |
Apparatus and method for performing radiation energy treatments
An apparatus and method to apply photo-stimulation, photo-dynamic therapy and/or ablation laser treatment to biological tissue. The apparatus includes a plurality of radiation energy sources,...
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7144247 |
Hygienic treatments of structures in body cavities
Multiple hygienic effects are concurrently applied to structures of body cavities. This is established by two or more light sources each capable of delivering a light beam to the structures using...
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7118562 |
Laser system and method for treatment of biologic targets
A long pulse alexandrite laser for treating dermatological specimens is disclosed. The use of alexandrite allows operation in the near-infrared, specifically in a 50 nm range surrounding 755....
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7097639 |
Dual filter multiple pulse photo-dermatological device with pre/post optical heating, quasi-logarithmic spacing, and laser rod spectrum infusion
Method and apparatus to treat unwanted dermatological conditions on a specific area of the body. The area of treatment is exposed to a specific pattern of multi-wavelength light which may have an...
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7066941 |
Apparatus for skin treatment
Aging or damaged skin is treated by irradiating affected skin areas with an effective amount of visible light emanating from an optical apparatus and having a wavelength of about 400 nm to about...
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7063694 |
Method and system for photoselective vaporization for gynecological treatments
A method for photoselective vaporization of uterine tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation has...
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7060061 |
Method and apparatus for the selective targeting of lipid-rich tissues
A method and apparatus are provided for targeting lipid-rich tissue to effect a desired, the method/apparatus involving irradiating the lipid-rich tissue with energy at a wavelength preferentially...
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7041093 |
Light guide for coupling light output from a light source to the skin
An Intense Pulsed Light apparatus for cosmetic or therapeutic treatment of the skin having a light source is provided with a light guide having an entry face in a rigid light guide component and an...
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7039452 |
Method and apparatus for Raman imaging of macular pigments
A method and apparatus are provided for Raman imaging of carotenoids and related chemical substances in biological tissue, such as macular pigments. The method and apparatus utilize the technique...
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7033348 |
Gelatin based on Power-gel™ as solders for Cr4+laser tissue welding and sealing of lung air leak and fistulas in organs
Laser tissue welding can be achieved using tunable Cr 4+ lasers, semiconductor lasers and fiber lasers, where the weld strength follows the absorption spectrum of water. The use of gelatin and...
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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...
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7018396 |
Method of treating acne
A method of selectively enhancing photothermal sebaceous gland disruption and treatment of acne is disclosed. The method provides for alleviation of the acne symptoms as well as preventing acne...
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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...
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7014639 |
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...
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7008414 |
Laser treatment apparatus
A laser treatment apparatus is constructed from a [a] laser apparatus 10 equipped with a laser light generating device 11 which has a solid-state laser 12 that generates a specified laser...
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6986764 |
Method and system for photoselective vaporization of the prostate, and other tissue
A method for photoselective vaporization of prostate tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation...
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6965793 |
Method for Raman chemical imaging of endogenous chemicals to reveal tissue lesion boundaries in tissue
Apparatus and methods for spatially resolved Raman detection of molecules indicative of the borders of lesions with normal tissue are disclosed. A region of biological tissue was illuminated with...
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6962584 |
Electromagnetic photonic catheter for reducing restenosis
The method of vascular treatment for restenosis or vulnerable plaque after an invasive procedure, such as for example angioplasty, stenting with or without drug coating, or drug delivery,...
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6960201 |
Method for the prevention and treatment of skin and nail infections
A method of prevention and treatment of microbial infections that occur on, or just below, the skin and nails consisting of the application of electromagnetic radiation to an infected area of skin...
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6954667 |
Method for Raman chemical imaging and characterization of calcification in tissue
Apparatus and methods for spatially resolved Raman detection of calcification in tissues are disclosed. A region of soft non-arterial biological tissue is illuminated with monochromatic light. A...
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6899706 |
Isotopic laser for the oral cavity and use of the same
Method and apparatus for effecting a bloodless incision of soft tissue within the oral cavity. A standard laser is converted into an isotopic laser replacing the gas in the discharge tube of the...
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6896693 |
Photo-therapy device
A device is disclosed which is therapeutically beneficial to the well-being of living organisms such as humans, animals, and/or plant life, using photon or light waves. The device is intended to...
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6890346 |
Apparatus and method for debilitating or killing microorganisms within the body
A surgical apparatus has a body portion that includes a shaft terminating in a distal head or tip for directing light radiation from the apparatus onto the lining of a body cavity for treating an...
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