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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...