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Method and apparatus for therapeutic electromagnetic treatment
Assignee: Lumenis BE Ltd
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Filing: 1995-02-03
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Granted: 1997-05-06
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Expires: 2015-02-03
Abstract
Abstract A therapeutic treatment device for coagulating blood in blood vessels underlying an epidermal layer is disclosed having an incoherent light source operable to provide a pulsed light output for treatment and a driver circuit, including a switch capable of being electrically turned on and being electrically turned off to thereby provide a first interval of light, connected to the light source to control the pulse width and delay between pulses.
Inventors
- 👤 Shimon Eckhouse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:59
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N5/00; A61N5/06; H; H05; H05B; H05B41/00; H05B41/14; H05B41/30; H05B41/34; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/203; A61B17/00; A61B2017/00017; A61B2017/00022; A61B2017/00057; A61B2017/00137; A61B2017/00154; A61B2017/00172; A61B2018/00005; A61B2018/00011; A61B2018/00029; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00452; A61B2018/1807
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A therapeutic treatment device for coagulating blood in blood vessels underlying an epidermal layer comprising an incoherent light source operable to provide a pulsed light output for coagulation blood and a driver circuit, including a switch capable of being electrically turned on and being electrically turned off to thereby provide a first interval of light, connected to the light source to control the pulse width and delay between pulses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A therapeutic treatment device for coagulating blood in blood vessels underlying an epidermal layer comprising an incoherent light source operable to provide a pulsed light output for coagulation blood and a driver circuit, including a switch capable of being electrically turned on and being electrically turned off to thereby provide a first interval of light, connected to the light source to control the pulse width and delay between pulses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The treatment device of claim 1 further comprising a housing with an opening, said light source being disposed in said housing, and said housing is adapted to be disposed adjacent a skin treatment area, and wherein the switch is a GTO.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 1, wherein the switch and driver circuit limit the first interval to a predetermined duration of less than 100 milliseconds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 3, wherein the incoherent light source provides an incoherent light output having an energy fluence of between 6 and 300 J/cm 2 during the first interval.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 4, wherein the incoherent light source provides an incoherent light output of between 6 and 20 J/cm 2 during the first interval.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 5, further including a light guide having a cross-sectional area of no less than 0.3 cm 2 which couples the light output to the epidermal layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 6, wherein the light guide has a rectangular cross-section of between 3 and 30 millimeters in width and 10 and 100 millimeters in length.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 4 wherein the incoherent light source provides an incoherent light output of between 30 and 100 J/cm 2 during the first interval.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 1, wherein the light source is a flashtube, and further comprising a first capacitor electrically coupled to the switch, wherein the switch electrically connects and disconnects the capacitor to the light source.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The therapeutic treatment device of claim 9 further comprising a second capacitor operable to be alternately coupled both in series and in parallel to the first capacitor.
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