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6685729 |
Process for testing and treating aberrant sensory afferents and motors efferents
A process for treating aberrant sensory afferents and motor efferents includes performing a singular sensory or motor function test, and identifying an area of dysfunction. A nerve root and pathway...
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6685730 |
Optically-absorbing nanoparticles for enhanced tissue repair
This invention is generally in the field of improved methods for the localized delivery of heat and the use thereof for the repair of tissue. The method involves localized induction of hyperthermia...
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6673063 |
Epidural thermal posterior annuloplasty
An apparatus for thermally treating intervertebral discs includes an energy application head having an energy application region and a tissue protecting region. A control member operationally...
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6673097 |
Tanning booth having reduced tanning time
A tanning booth generally has rectangular wall panels, a floor frame, a ceiling frame and a fan that is mounted to the ceiling. The wall panels are interconnected in the shape of a figure-8 in...
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6673064 |
Excimer laser catheter
A method and apparatus of providing endovascular therapy. The steps include arranging optical fibers within a catheter, the catheter having a tip whose length is at least 1 cm and whose diameter of...
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6673095 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of laser light
An apparatus for the delivery of laser light in a therapeutic environment including: a console; an optical waveguide wherein a first end of the waveguide is configured to expose a biological tissue...
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6666878 |
Method and device stimulating the activity of hair follicles
A method of stimulating the hair follicles of a skin area by radiation of light. The method including the following steps: a. arranging a number of sources of light in a way so as to expose a...
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6663658 |
Phototherapy method for treatment of acne
The present invention is directed to methods for treating acne. The methods include exposing the subject afflicted with acne to ultraviolet light having a wavelength between about 320 to about 350...
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6660025 |
Body illuminating device with alternating longitudinally offset tubular lamps
A tanning bed has an array of closely spaced ultraviolet-emitting, fluorescent lamps in which each lamp is longitudinally offset from an adjacent lamp to allow space for grasping of one end to...
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6641599 |
Systems of therapeutic treatment
A system and method of therapeutic treatment of an individual by applying a therapeutic modality to a plurality of therapeutic systems of the body. A plurality of therapeutic points of the...
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6636577 |
Laser induced fluorescence water measurement system for nuclear reactors
A water monitoring system for a nuclear reactor is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the water monitoring system includes a fiber optic cable having a first end and a second end, with the first...
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6632219 |
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...
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6632218 |
Alexandrite laser system for hair removal and method therefor
A long pulse alexandrite laser hair removal system is disclosed using light pulses of greater than 1 msec and fluences between 10 and 50 J/cm 2 . The use of an alexandrite laser allows good...
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6623513 |
Apparatus and method of photodynamic eradication of organisms utilizing pyrrolnitrin
The invention relates to a method of photoeradication of cellular and acellular organisms including the steps of providing a photosensitive material and pyrrolnitrin in association with a cellular...
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6618620 |
Apparatus for controlling thermal dosing in an thermal treatment system
A thermal treatment system including a heat applying element for generating thermal doses for ablating a target mass in a patient, a controller for controlling thermal dose properties of the heat...
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6616653 |
Method and apparatus for coagulation of superficial blood vessels in bladder and proximal urethra
An apparatus and method of use are disclosed to treat and/or diagnose urological disorders. The non-implantable device includes a light source housed within a light source segment. The light source...
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6607525 |
Apparatus and method for treating urinary stress incontinence
An apparatus and method for treating female stress-induced incontinence and other similar diseases associated with weakening of the pelvic floor muscles. A guiding catheter with temperature...
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6607550 |
Method of treating neuropathy using a photo energy device
A method for the reduction of sensory impairment due to peripheral neuropathy comprising placing an apparatus which provides photo-energy in proximity to the skin and/or subcutaneous structures...
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6607522 |
Methods for tissue welding using laser-activated protein solders
Various tissue glues have drawback such as toxicity, causing inflammatory reactions or insufficient bonding strength. The invention is directed to methods of form tissue adhesion by administering...
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6602274 |
Targeted transcutaneous cancer therapy
The present invention is drawn to methods and compounds for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of a target tissue or compositions in a mammalian subject, using a light source that preferably transmits...
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6599286 |
Laser ablation zone restriction system and method
A system for protecting a sector of tissue from exposure to surgically directed radiation includes a processor and an input device, a camera, and an output screen in electronic communication with...
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6596017 |
Device for heat treatment of body tissue
Transurethral catheter ( 10 ) for the heat treatment of body tissue surrounding the catheter, including an elongated light carrier ( 11 ). A light receiving and light distributing elongated light...
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6592611 |
Violation of time reversal invariance in living tissue
The present invention provides for a device, a method, and a treatment system for chronic disease conditions. The present invention was designed using the theoretical concepts of Quantum Biology....
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6582454 |
Laser beam treatment apparatus
A laser beam treatment apparatus includes a laser beam generating part generating and emitting a plurality of laser beams of different colors, and a projecting part condensing the plurality of...
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6582421 |
Laser photocoagulator with fluence adaptation
The invention concerns a laser photocoagulator comprising a laser emitting at a wavelength within the ICG absorption spectrum and provided with focusing means and a programmed or controlled module...
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6575964 |
Selective aperture for laser delivery system for providing incision, tissue ablation and coagulation
A selective aperture for a laser delivery system for providing incision, ablation and coagulation. A laser crystal disposed between two reflective surfaces forms a laser beam. An aperture member...
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6572609 |
Phototherapeutic waveguide apparatus
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The...
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6572637 |
Handbreadth-sized laser beam projecting probe for beauty treatment
A handbreadth-sized laser beam projecting probe for beauty treatment, comprising: a semiconductor laser device for producing a laser beam; a drive circuit for driving the semiconductor laser...
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6565555 |
Transvascular TMR device and method
A catheter assembly for performing transmyocardial revascularization through the coronary arteries or veins, and a method of using this assembly for creating TMR channels through the myocardium...
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6562028 |
Method of treating intervertebral discs by inserting a diffuser directly into the annulus
A method of controllably heating the annulus of an intervertebral disc is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming an access channel through the annulus of an intervertebral disc while...
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6554824 |
Methods for laser treatment of soft tissue
Methods are provided for treating prostate glands or other targeted soft tissue using a solid-state laser. The laser can be operated to generate a pulsed output beam having pulse durations of...
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6551346 |
Method and apparatus to prevent infections
A photosensitizer together with complementary light energy are used to prevent the development of infection associated with an indwelling medical catheter or device. Light of a selected wavelength...
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6547781 |
Ultra-long flashlamp-excited pulse dye laser for therapy and method therefor
A flashlamp-excited dye laser generating light pulses for therapy has a circulator which circulates a gain media through a dye cell. A controller coordinates operation by triggering flashlamps to...
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6547779 |
Flexible flow apparatus and method for the disruption of occlusions
Methods and apparatus for creating fluid flow from one location to another are disclosed. The fluid flow is created via the absorption of repetitive pulses of radiation in a fluid to generate...
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6544257 |
Thermal treatment apparatus
A thermal treatment apparatus comprises a control unit 251 a that stops issuing a signal for laser beam activation transmitted over the foot switch signal cable 291 when the temperature...
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6539944 |
Dethrombosis facilitated by vasodilation
Methods are presented for the dissolution of a thrombus which occludes a blood vessel. The methods utilize the vasodilation effect produced by irradiating a blood vessel with UV laser light. The...
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6537303 |
Method for treatment of mammals
A method for treatment of mammals by draining lymph along a lymph pathway within a mammal's body. An infrared-light-emitting device is utilized to emit pulsating infrared light at a low pulse...
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6537305 |
Device for external treatment of the oral cavity by means of light and method for medical treatment
Apparatus and a method for external medical treatment of the oral cavity with the aid of light. A light-emitting device is held against or in the close proximity to a patient's cheek. The device...
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6533775 |
Light-activated hair treatment and removal device
A device for disrupting hair growth includes an applicator sized and configured to be held in a hand of a user for shaving, and a source of electromagnetic energy constructed to emit...
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6533774 |
Laser depilation apparatus
A laser depilation apparatus for performing depilation on a skin by irradiating the skin with a laser beam is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first irradiation unit including a laser source (...
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6530918 |
Laser treatment apparatus
A laser treatment apparatus for irradiating an affected part of a patient with a treatment laser beam to treat the affected part is disclosed. The apparatus includes a treatment laser beam...
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6530915 |
Photothermal structure for biomedical applications, and method therefor
A photothermal structure designed for the uniform application of a photothermal material, such as, for example, a dye or a pigment, to a tissue, e.g., the stratum corneum. In one embodiment, 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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6527764 |
Device and method for laser biomodulation in PDT/surgery
The present invention provides a device and method for a laser treatment that couples surgical or activating laser power with a biomodulating power to enhance proper tissue healing and regeneration...
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6524330 |
Method of ocular treatment
A method for treating abnormal blood vessel growth and proliferation is disclosed. Members of the hypocrellin class of compounds such as hypocrellin A, hypocrellin B, and/or amino-substituted...
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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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6514277 |
Fiber optic multitasking probe
A multitasking optical fiber probe for collecting dosimeter information from more than one position in a sample. The basic principle of the present invention involves using one or more different...
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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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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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6503269 |
Method of treating intervertebral discs using optical energy and optical temperature feedback
A method of controllably heating the annulus of an intervertebral disc is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming an access channel through the annulus, inserting a light source into...
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