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US 10,517,676 B2Granted
Apparatus and cosmetic method for using short pulses for dermatological treatments
AssigneeLumenis Ltd.
InventorIsrael Schuster
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Abstract
A cosmetic method of treating skin tissue with a laser source includes applying a plurality of short pulses of predetermined parameters to ramp up the temperature of the skin tissue to reach a desired temperature and then applying a plurality of short pulses to maintain a temperature dwell time. The predetermined parameters are selected from one or more of: pulse peak power, pulse duration, pulse repetition rate and laser wavelength.
Claims3
A cosmetic method of treating skin tissue for hair removal with a laser source comprising:
- (a) applying a first plurality of short pulses of pulse width 0.5 ms and repetition rate of one of 500 Hz or 400 Hz of predetermined parameters at a predetermined power level X to ramp up the temperature of the skin tissue to reach a desired dwell time temperature and (b) applying a second plurality of short pulses of pulse width 0.5 ms at a predetermined power level x, wherein x<X to maintain the desired dwell time temperature;
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- controlling, using a programmed controller, the application of the laser source to produce the short pulses of (a) and then (b);
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- further comprising, using the programmed controller, controlling a cooling device, after ramp up to the desired temperature, to cool the skin tissue, during the dwell temperature time only, to cause the temperature on the epidermis of the skin to be lower than the temperature of a hair follicle level within the skin tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.