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RE36634 Optical system for treatment of vascular lesions  
An improved optical system for treatment of disorders of the skin, especially vascular lesions, such as Port Wine Stains. The system irradiates the skin with radiation at a predetermined wavelength...
6039742 Alignment device for locking the base part of intramedullary nails  
The alignment device serves for the positioning and insertion of osteosynthetic fasteners, in particular locking screws or bolts, in the base part of an intramedullary nail implanted in a bone,...
6036684 Skin treatment process using laser  
The present invention provides a very simple easily administered skin treatment process for (1) the removal of superficial epidermal skin cells in the human skin (2) the reduction or removal of...
6032071 Skin examination device  
6027495 Method and apparatus for dermatology treatment  
A laser treatment method is provided which removes vascular and pigmented lesions from the skin of a living human. The methodology involves a carefully designed treatment protocol utilizing a...
6026816 Method of treating sleep-disordered breathing syndromes  
A method for treating sleep-disordered breathing syndromes, for example, snoring in a mammal. The method involves applying energy, for example, energy from laser light, to a preselected region of...
6022345 Method and apparatus for laser-assisted hair transplantation  
A laser treatment method and apparatus is provided which facilitates the grafting of hairs on the skin of a living human. The methodology involves a carefully designed treatment protocol utilizing...
6015404 Laser dermatology with feedback control  
Method and apparatus are provided for use with systems applying laser energy to treat a selected dermatology problem. The method and apparatus protect skin not under treatment in skin regions...
6009876 Method for modifying and reshaping collagen beneath the surface of skin  
A cosmetic system and technique are provided for improving the texture and appearance of an individual's skin. The system includes an energy absorption modifier that may be applied to a portion of...
5997530 Apparatus and method to control atmospheric water vapor composition and concentration during dynamic cooling of biological tissues in conjunction with laser irradiations  
Cryogen spray cooling of skin surface with millisecond cryogen spurts is an effective method for establishing a controlled temperature distribution in tissue and protecting the epidermis from...
5993440 Non-invasive laser cutting device and method  
A hand-held, non-invasive cutting device is configured to cut a fiber-like element, such as animal or human hair projecting from the surface of a medium, such as body skin, without exposing the...
5993439 Lens shield for laser skin perforation  
A lens shield system for shielding a laser source of a system used for collecting capillary blood or fluid from skin, the lens shield comprising a strap apparatus releasably emplaceable around a...
5989283 Irradiation device, especially for the cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic application of light  
An irradiation device, especially for the cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic application of light, having an incoherent light source and a reflector that surrounds the light source and has a...
5984915 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 be passed through the skin, advanced through the tissue...
5980512 Enhanced laser skin treatment mechanism  
A surgical apparatus particularly adapted for use in the cosmetic surgery field of skin resurfacing in which a laser is directed towards the imperfection of the skin. The surgical site is bathed...
5979454 Method and apparatus for causing rapid and deep spatially selective coagulation during thermally mediated therapeutic procedures  
Successful laser treatment of hemangiomas requires selective photocoagulation of subsurface targeted blood vessels without thermal damage to the overlying epidermis. An apparatus for in vivo...
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...
5968033 Optical delivery system and method for subsurface tissue irradiation  
An apparatus and method for optically treating tissue by contact between the apparatus and the tissue. The apparatus includes a holder having a distal end having an opening in it, and a contact...
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...
5964749 Method and apparatus for skin rejuvenation and wrinkle smoothing  
A method and apparatus for treating skin includes applying pulsed light to the skin to heat and shrinking collagen within the skin, thereby reviving the elasticity of the collagen and of the skin....
5961543 Method and apparatus for photodynamic irradiation  
Apparatus for photodynamic irradiation comprising a housing (10), a lamp (16) mounted in the housing and a reflector (18) surrounding the lamp. A filter unit (40) is mounted in the beam path of the...
5951596 Biological tissue stimulation by optical energy  
Biological tissue of a living subject is irradiated with optical energy at a wavelength and at a power dissipation level to cause the amount of optical energy absorbed and converted to heat in the...
5951542 Method of laser treatment for living tissue and target to be used therein  
The present invention relates to a target material which enables, for example, the blotch to be uniformly and efficiently irradiated with laser light for elimination thereof. In order to modify the...
5947957 Portable laser for blood sampling  
A portable laser device for obtaining blood samples through the skin of humans or animals. A laser crystal is optically pumped to produce a short high power laser pulse which vaporizes a small hole...
5947956 Laser apparatus for making holes and etchings  
The ONYCHOLASER™--a microsurgical laser unit is used to make holes in tissue, especially nails of fingers and toes. Antifungals are then topically applied to these holes for the treatment of...
5944748 Photodynamic therapy apparatus and methods  
A device for applying light in photodynamic therapy is arranged to apply light in a pattern corresponding to the configuration of the lesion to be treated. The device may be customized in response...
5938657 Apparatus for delivering energy within continuous outline  
An apparatus is provided for delivering energy to a selected area on a surface. The apparatus includes an outlining mechanism which receives light from a light source and directs an aiming beam to...
5928223 Laser medical treatment apparatus  
A laser apparatus for medical treatment use in which a laser beam is irradiated on a portion of a human body to be treated comprises a laser beam generation unit for generating a laser beam of...
5925035 Hair removal method  
A process for the permanent destruction of unwanted human hair. Hair duct in a section of skin in which the unwanted hair is growing is contaminated with a contaminant having a very large number of...
5921980 Laser skin graft harvesting apparatus and related method  
A laser dermatome is disclosed for harvesting and meshing grafts of skin. A roller driven by a motor lifts the leading edge of a portion of skin for cutting by a beam of light generated by a laser....
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...
5913883 Therapeutic facial mask  
A therapeutic device for supplying beneficial light to organic tissue including a carrier for placement proximate the surface of organic issue, a plurality of light emitting diodes carried by the...
5911718 Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for treating vascular lesions. In the preferred embodiment, an intracavity, frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser is used to generate output pulses having a duration...
5908416 Laser dermal perforator  
A new laser perforator has been invented for perforating skin with a perforation to permit blood under a surface of the skin to flow out, the perforator in one embodiment having a laser light...
5906610 Melanin enhanced hair coloration  
A method of altering skin tissues by application of light energy. Hair coloring is altered by introduction of melanin to the hair and hair follicle. Delivery of melanin is enhance by encapsulation...
5906609 Method for delivering energy within continuous outline  
A method is provided for delivering energy to a selected area on a surface. The method includes forming a visually continuous outline on the surface, positioning the visually continuous outline...
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...
5885273 Method for depilation using pulsed electromagnetic radiation  
A method and apparatus for removing hair is disclosed. The method includes the step of producing a plurality of pulses of incoherent electromagnetic energy. The delay between pulses is in the range...
5885211 Microporation of human skin for monitoring the concentration of an analyte  
A method of enhancing the permeability of the skin to an analyte for diagnostic purposes or to a drug for therapeutic purposes is described utilizing microporation and optionally sonic energy and a...
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...
5879346 Hair removal by selective photothermolysis with an alexandrite laser  
Hair removal by using an Alexandrite laser emitting energy between 0.2-40 joules per pulse to provide an energy fluence between 15 and 70 joules per centimeter square and having a pulse duration of...
5871480 Hair removal using photosensitizer and laser  
A device and process for the permanent removal of unwanted human hair. Hair on a section of skin is contaminated with a substance having high absorption of a frequency band of light. The skin is...
5868731 Laser surgical device and method of its use  
A laser surgical device for vaporization of a living tissue consists of an operating laser assembly, a detecting arrangement and a control unit. The operating laser assembly generates an operating...
5865828 Coaxial dual laser  
A process and apparatus for ablating surface lesions is disclosed. The process is unique because of the ability to precisely excise complex topographies without blood loss, gated by the degree of...
5860967 Dermatological laser treatment system with electronic visualization of the area being treated  
A hand held microsurgical instrument for applying laser energy to selected locations (sites) in an area under the skin (or other exposed translucent tissue) to provide localized photothermolysis of...
5853407 Method and apparatus for hair removal  
A laser treatment method for removing unwanted human hair includes irradiating a treatment site with post-coherent light of selected wavelength and peak power level and post duration, and repeating...
5843072 Method for treatment of unwanted veins and device therefor  
A combined sclerotherapy and light treatment method is described for the treatment of unwanted veins such as varicose and telangiectatic leg veins. Substantially increased success, in the range of...
5839446 Laser perforator  
This invention provides a device and method for perforation of skin for the purpose of drawing blood or administering pharmaceuticals. The device incorporates a laser which produces a laser beam at...
5836938 Hair removal with a laser system and waveguide for radial transmission of laser energy  
Apparatus and method of hair depilation for destroying follicle cells is provided where an invasive element, such as a waveguide, probe or needle, is inserted into a hair follicle and pulsed laser...
5836940 Photoacoustic drug delivery  
A method and apparatus for locally delivering an active agent to a selected site in a body lumen using a liquid core laser catheter having a flexible tube for insertion into the lumen, a conduit...
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