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8185189 Investigation of body structures  
A pulsed radiation beam is directed toward a body structure having a configuration or physical characteristic that changes over time, the radiation being pulsed at a pulse modulation frequency. A...
8182473 Cooling system for a photocosmetic device  
Photocosmetic device for use in medical or non-medical environments (e.g., a home, barbershop, or spa), which can be used for a variety of tissue treatments. Radiation is delivered to the tissue...
8157807 Skin treatment including patterned light  
Methods and systems for treating skin for aesthetic or health purposes are described. According to various embodiments, photoresponsive materials and light are delivered in a controlled fashion to...
8153600 Direct application of non-toxic crosslinking reagents to resist progressive spinal deformity  
A method of improving the resistance of collagenous tissue to mechanical degradation in accordance with the present invention comprises the step of contacting at least a portion of a collagenous...
8133180 Method and system for treating cellulite  
A method and system for providing ultrasound treatment to a deep tissue that contains a lower part of dermis and proximal protrusions of fat lobuli into the dermis. The invention delivers...
8127771 Treatment of cellulite and adipose tissue with mid-infrared radiation  
A method and apparatus that will alter the fibrous strands in the fatty layers of the skin to reduce the appearance of cellulite and adipose tissue. Electromagnetic energy is used to selectively...
8110968 Irradiation device with filter disks and medium enclosed therebetween  
The present invention relates to an irradiation device having a radiation source and a filter which is arranged in the optical path and has two transparent filter disks which are substantially...
8109924 Heads for dermatology treatment  
Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and...
8105322 Replacement cartridges for light-based dermatologic treatment devices  
A dermatologic treatment device having a light source emitting optical radiation beneficial to at least one dermatologic treatment, a brightness enhancer enhancing the brightness of at least some...
8105369 Fluorescent handpiece  
A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a nonlinear...
8103355 Method and device for minimally invasive skin and fat treatment  
A RF electrode for use in a device for thermal fat destruction and skin tightening is provided. The RF electrode comprises a handle, a cannula shaft that extends from the handle and in turn...
8097029 Stand-alone scanning laser device  
A stand-alone laser device that provides low level laser therapy using one or more laser sources. The laser sources are attached to one or more arms which can be positioned to cause the laser light...
8092447 Handpiece for tissue treatment  
A handpiece for tissue treatment is provided. The handpiece has receiving means for receiving a first light beam, at least two components and selector device being movable between at least two...
8088123 Hair growth modulation device  
A hair growth modulation device is configured to impart a suitable quantity of irradiated light to a target site while lowering the irradiation intensity required by a light irradiator that...
8083785 Multi-probe laser device  
A hand-held laser device that can simultaneously provide multiple types of low level laser therapy treatments to multiple areas of a patient's body simultaneously. The device enables laser light of...
8048064 Method of curing inflammatory acne by using carbon lotion and pulsed laser  
Disclosed is a method of curing inflammatory acne by applying a carbon lotion onto a face covered with acne, irradiating the applied carbon lotion with a laser pulse having a pulse width of...
8029501 Laser selective cutting by impulsive heat deposition in the IR wavelength range for direct-drive ablation  
The present invention provides a method of laser processing of materials, specifically laser induced ablation processes for laser removal of material particularly important in medical and dental...
8021405 Treatment of ear infection using blue/violet light  
The present invention relates to the treatment of Otitis or other type ear infections with the use of blue/violet light positioned to shine into the ear canal. The treatment quickly clears up...
8012190 Device for the treatment of chemically damaged hair and its method of use  
A device that treats chemically damaged hair by stimulating the circulation of blood and nutrients to the scalp while simultaneously promoting an environment that is not favorable for the...
8002768 Light energy delivery head  
A light energy delivery head is provided which, in one aspect, mounts laser diode bars or other light energy emitters in a heat sink block which is adapted to cool both the emitters and a surface...
8000838 Systems and methods that facilitate motion control through coordinate system transformations  
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate motion between different coordinate systems in an industrial control environment. The systems and methods accept data in one...
7998181 System and method utilizing guided fluorescence for high intensity applications  
A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent...
RE42594 Tissue cooling rod for laser surgery  
A laser treatment device and process with controlled cooling. The device contains a cooling element with high heat conduction properties, which is transparent to the laser beam. A surface of the...
7985219 Irradiation device and method for the treatment of acne and acne scars  
An irradiation device (1) and a method for the treatment of acne and acne scars, comprising at least one source of radiation (2), the source of radiation emitting at least one broadband spectrum in...
7967016 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,...
7955367 Fluorescent handpiece  
A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a nonlinear...
7955262 Method and apparatus for treatment of skin using RF and ultrasound energies  
A system and method for treating skin. The System comprises one or more ultrasound transducers and one or more pairs of RF electrodes. The ultrasound transducers are adapted to focus ultrasound...
7951138 Pivoting roller tip for dermatological treatment apparatus  
A mechanical element allows the tip of the handpiece of a dermatological treatment system to rotate to adjust for deviations in handpiece angle with respect to the surface of the treatment area....
7947067 Scanning treatment laser with sweep beam spot and universal carriage  
This invention is a scanning laser device with a universal carriage that holds any type of optical element. The carriage rotates about an axis that is substantially co-axial to the incident laser...
7942153 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...
7942916 Phototreatment device for use with coolants and topical substances  
Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can...
7942869 Skin treatment device with radiation emission protection  
The present invention relates to a skin treatment device (1, F). The device comprises a radiation source (13) in a housing, such that radiation can be emitted through an exit opening in the...
7942915 Phototreatment device for use with coolants  
Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can...
7938821 Apparatus and method for adjustable fractional optical dermatological treatment  
A fractional treatment system can be configured with a laser wavelength that is selected such that absorption of the laser wavelength within the tissue increases as the tissue is heated by the...
7935107 Heads for dermatology treatment  
Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and...
7922751 Stand-alone scanning laser device  
A stand-alone laser device that provides low level laser therapy using one or more laser sources. The laser sources are attached to one or more arms which can be positioned to cause the laser light...
7918229 Method and device to inactivate and kill cells and organisms that are undesirable  
A method, means, and apparatus to prevent and treat infections and disorders using germicidal light to inactivate and/or kill the organisms or cells that cause infections and other disorders. The...
7914523 Method for the treatment of mammalian tissues  
A method and device for causing a predetermined physiological change in a mammalian tissue. The method includes irradiating the tissue with a radiation having a power density in the tissue...
7896908 Skin therapy system  
A light therapy appliance comprises an electronic circuit including Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light at one or more different wavelengths. A hand held enclosure containing the...
7891362 Methods for treating pigmentary and vascular abnormalities in a dermal region  
A beam of radiation can be provided to treat a dermatological condition in a target region of skin. The beam of radiation can have a wavelength between about 700 nm and about 800 nm, a fluence...
7894651 Quantitative analysis of skin characteristics  
Skin characteristics are analyzed. A device acquires a digital image of an area of skin of a user. A processor quantitatively analyzes the digital image to determine a characteristic of all or part...
7887533 Device for the treatment of mammalian tissues  
A photoactivation device for modulating the physiology of a target biological activity by directing a photoactivating beam of light having a predetermined set of photoactivating light parameters on...
7867224 Laser system for medical removal of body tissue  
A laser system has a laser source generating a laser beam, wherein the laser source is adapted for medical removal of body tissue by the laser beam within a predetermined treatment contour. A guide...
7862555 Apparatus and method for adjustable fractional optical dermatological treatment  
In a fractional treatment system, an adjustable mechanism can be used to adjust the beam shape, beam numerical aperture, beam focus depth, and/or beam size to affect the treatment depth and or the...
7846191 Method and system for controlling non-coherent pulsed light  
A system and method to control non-coherent pulsed light, the system including a lamp to produce non-coherent light energy in a pulsed mode, a current supply to provide energy to the system, and a...
7836894 Phototherapy method for irradiating biological tissue with a series of laser pulse sequences  
This invention relates to a method for operation of an irradiation laser whereby laser pulse sequences or pulses of varying length are modified during application such that the comparability of...
7837675 Method and device for skin treatment with replaceable photosensitive window  
A method for the treatment of skin including the steps of determining the skin depth for energy absorption necessary for treatment; and generating a spot size for energy impinging on the skin to...
7824394 Method and apparatus for dermatological treatment and tissue reshaping  
The present invention provides improved methods and apparatus for skin treatment and tissue remodeling. The apparatus includes an array of needles that penetrate the skin and serve as electrodes to...
7824395 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling thermally induced tissue treatment  
A method and apparatus for thermal treatment of tissue by irradiating the skin with electromagnetic energy is disclosed. Sources of electromagnetic energy include radio frequency (RF) generators,...
7824396 Scanner laser handpiece with shaped output beam  
A method for delivering electromagnetic radiation onto tissue to be ‘treated with the radiation includes delivering the radiation onto the tissue in a treatment-spot having a polygonal shape such a...