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6283958 |
Laser applicator set
A laser application set, which is an interventional application set for minimum invasive, laser-induced thermotherapy of soft-tissue tumors is disclosed. The laser application set is designed in...
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6280436 |
Eye tracking and positioning system for a refractive laser system
An eye tracking and positioning system for use with a refractive laser system includes a camera interface, a computer, and a system for moving the patient relative to the laser beam. The computer...
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6277111 |
Depilation
Mammalian hair is depilated using a laser source capable of emitting pulse radiation, each pulse having a duration of 1 microsecond to 1 millisecond, and having a wavelength in the range of 600 to...
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6273885 |
Handheld photoepilation device and method
A laser tissue treatment device capable of being handheld, the device comprising a semiconductor diode or diode array laser which emits energy and a device for surface cooling of tissue such that...
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6273905 |
Method for treating spinal cord transection
A method for the treatment of spinal cord transection using low level laser therapy in combination with allogenic implants. In one embodiment, embyronal nerve cells are cultured in vitro and...
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6273883 |
Alexandrite laser system for treatment of dermatological specimens
A long pulse alexandrite laser system for treating dermatological specimens is disclosed. The use of alexandrite allows operation in the near-infrared, specifically in a 50 nm range surrounding...
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6267780 |
Method for treating musculoskeletal injury
A method for the treatment of musculoskeletal injury using low level laser therapy. In one embodiment, a therapist applies pressure adequate to blanch the skin at a treatment point on skin adjacent...
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6267779 |
Method and apparatus for therapeutic laser treatment
The therapeutic laser apparatus includes at least two wands connected to a controller and radiation source via fiber optic cables. The controller and source include at least two infrared wavelength...
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6263879 |
Treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders using a scanning laser system
Presbyopia is treated by a method which uses ablative lasers to ablate the sclera tissue and increase the accommodation of the ciliary body. Tissue bleeding is prevented by an ablative laser having...
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6261310 |
Laser safe treatment system
In the present invention a laser treatment system is provided that can be used in any clinical environment without the necessity of personal safety equipment. Furthermore, the present invention...
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6258082 |
Refractive surgery and presbyopia correction using infrared and ultraviolet lasers
A method and surgical technique for corneal reshaping and for presbyopia correction are provided. The preferred embodiments of the system consists of a scanner, a beam spot controller and coupling...
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6254594 |
Disposable light source for photothermal treatment of human tissue
A system and method for modification of tissue. The system and method utilize a disposable sample cell that contains a chemical mixture capable of photoinitiation. Upon photoinitiation, a chemical...
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6251127 |
Dye treatment solution and photodynamic therapy and method of using same
The invention relates to a method of treating an infection or sterilization including applying a dye such as methylene blue, toluidene blue, polymyxin B, or combinations thereof to the area of...
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6251102 |
Laser surgical device and method of its use
A laser device for use in a surgical procedure including a housing forming a part of a handpiece and including interior and exterior regions. A laser cavity extending within the interior region of...
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6245060 |
Removal of stratum corneum by means of light
A method for increasing the permeability of the stratum corneum by means of a source of light, preferably a laser, more preferably a pulsed laser. By increasing the permeability of the stratum...
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6241665 |
Percutaneous mapping system
A percutaneous mapping system includes a mapping wire, for percutaneous insertion into an internal body cavity, having a plurality of spaced imaging markers; and an insertion device for deploying...
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6241752 |
Method of treating for impotence and apparatus particularly useful in such method
An apparatus for treating a male for impotence, i.e., for enabling, or improving the ability of, the male to achieve or maintain a penile erection of adequate rigidity for sexual intercourse, by...
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6238424 |
Device for external treatment with pulsating light of high duty cycle
Apparatus for external medical treatment with light. A light-emitting device is provided that is adapted to be held in close proximity to the body of an individual and that includes light-emitting...
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6238425 |
Device for external medical treatment with monochromatic light
Apparatus for external medical treatment with the aid of light. A light-emitting device is provided that includes light-emitting diodes or corresponding elements and is adapted to emit...
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6231568 |
Channel-forming laser energy device
A surgical device is provided for forming a channel through or partially through vascular tissue, including vascular tissue, utilizing both mechanical and laser energy, and, if desired, depositing...
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6221095 |
Method and apparatus for photon therapy
A photon therapy unit implement has a flexible head for conforming to a body part to be treated. The head has a thermally conductive backing to remove heat form the treatment area. The operation of...
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6221068 |
Method for welding tissue
Radiation is delivered to a wound in a series of sufficiently short pulses, with adequate cooling between individual pulses, to produce cumulative thermal denaturation and welding of the skin edges...
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6214034 |
Method of selective photothermolysis
A method and apparatus for selective photothermolysis of a target tissue within surrounding tissue. The target and the surrounding tissue are heated to a predetermined temperature of about 60° C....
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6214035 |
Method for improving cardiac microcirculation
A method for improving cardiac microcirculation using low level laser therapy. After a cardiac procedure, a therapist or surgeon maintains contact between a laser probe and a region of myocardium,...
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6210426 |
Optical radiation treatment for prevention of surgical scars
A method for the prevention of a scar on the skin of a patient after the beginning healing of a wound or surgical site on that patient. The method comprises the steps of providing an optical...
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6200310 |
Monitoring of myocardial revascularization
Apparatus for PNR treatment, including an elongate probe having a distal end for engaging heart tissue of a subject, and a revascularization device, which imparts energy to the heart tissue for...
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6200309 |
Photodynamic therapy system and method using a phased array raman laser amplifier
System and method for photodynamic therapy using a phased array Raman laser amplifier including a beam generator for generating a fundamental laser beam and a Raman seed frequency laser beam, and a...
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6200332 |
Device and method for underskin laser treatments
A device and method for underskin laser treatment that is minimally invasive, versatile and precise, that allows for underskin laser treatment with only minimal insertions into the area of...
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6199554 |
Method and apparatus for combining injury-mediated therapy and drug delivery
A method of enhancing injury-induced revascularization of a tissue as treatment of a disease, such as coronary artery disease, is described. The method involves (i) creating injury in a tissue...
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6197020 |
Laser apparatus for subsurface cutaneous treatment
A laser apparatus for selective photocoagulation of subsurface skin (dermis) for the purpose of increasing skin tone, reducing wrinkles, removing hair, removing tattoos or treating varicose veins...
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6190377 |
Method and apparatus for predictive beam energy control in laser surgery
A method and apparatus is disclosed for predicting an effective and safe laser light energy range for sub-epidermal laser surgery. The method is especially useful in controlling beam energy during...
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6187029 |
Photo-thermal treatment device
An improved photo-thermal treatment device is disclosed which is ergonomically shaped to facilitate photo-thermal treatment of a wide variety of surface portions of the human anatomy. The device...
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6171332 |
Light source
A cosmetic method of treatment of dermatological conditions, particularly portwine stains, tattoos or psoriasis, which includes irradiating the affected area with an incoherent high intensity...
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6171302 |
Apparatus and method including a handpiece for synchronizing the pulsing of a light source
The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for synchronizing the activation of a light source with the position of a hand piece on a surface and for providing a substantially...
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6164280 |
Applying high energy light and heat for gynecological sterilization procedures
A localized heat applying medical device is provided for applying heat to tissue adjacent a patient's tubal ostia in order to close the patient's fallopian tubes and sterilize the patient....
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6165205 |
Method for improved wound healing
A laser non-ablative laser method that will accelerate and improve wound healing, particularly in situations where complicating factors are present. In particular, it is believed that the present...
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6162211 |
Skin enhancement using laser light
Methods of applying laser light to the skin, and apparatus therefor, include methods for removing hair, for bleaching hair, for transdermal drug delivery, for sensing a body function, for skin...
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6156028 |
Method and apparatus for therapeutic laser treatment of wounds
A laser insole having one or many vertical cavity surface emitting lasers embedded therein may be worn by a patient and applied to an area of the foot. The device supplies the patient with a...
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6152951 |
Method of treating cancer
There is provided a method of treating cancer. According to such a method, the affected tissue is irradiated effectively with activation light thereby obtaining an effect of the light treatment....
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6149672 |
Device for the amplification of electromagnetic oscillations in order to influence a biological system
A system including a device for the coherent amplification of electromagnetic oscillations by induced emission through a solid element, crystals or glasses doped with neodymium, semiconductor...
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6146410 |
Apparatus for the photodynamic treatment of living beings or organs thereof
An apparatus for the photodynamic treatment of living beings or organs thereof which includes a light source, a switching device, a current source, and a computer. The light source is controllable...
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6142990 |
Medical apparatus, especially for reducing intraocular pressure
A medical apparatus especially for lowering intraocular pressure by acting on the Schlemm's canal and on the tissue of the trabecular meshwork directly in contact with the Schlemm's canal,...
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6143019 |
Method for emitting therapeutic energy within tissue
A catheter capable of both sensing myocardial electrical activity and delivering ablating energy within myocardial tissue is disclosed. The catheter comprises electrodes on the outer sheath and...
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6117128 |
Energy delivery catheter and method for the use thereof
A catheter comprising a flexible tube having a proximal portion and a distal end portion. The proximal portion comprises a first or working lumen and a second lumen for a guidewire. The distal end...
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6113588 |
Transillumination catheter and method
A method of identifying vasculature including the steps of introducing an indicator in a peripheral vessel, and advancing a portion of the indicator into an internal vessel to identify said vessel....
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6110195 |
Method and apparatus for surgical and dermatological treatment by multi-wavelength laser light
A method and apparatus for surgical and dermatological treatment using a multi-wavelength laser system includes a primary laser beam generator optically pumped by a semiconductor laser diode. A...
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6106546 |
Inducing vasodilation
A method for inducing dilation of a blood vessel, e.g., of an obstructed blood vessel, includes irradiating the vessel with a pulse of light or its equivalent at a low energy fluence.
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6107466 |
Acceleration of wound healing by photodynamic therapy
Disclosed is a method for accelerating wound healing in a mammal. The method includes identifying an unhealed wound site or partially-healed wound site in a mammal; administering a photosensitizer...
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6099554 |
Laser light delivery method
A method for the delivery of laser light for therapeutic purposes, and, more specifically, for the treatment of buried tumors wherein multiple lasers are used to treat a deeply buried tumorous...
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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...
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