Method and apparatus for treating cutaneous vascular lesions
OwnerCyrus Chessinventor
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Abstract
A method of treating telangiectasia in a target area in a patient's dermis includes the steps of passing a laser beam against and through the patient's epidermis to the target area and simultaneously subjecting the patients epidermis to a cooling fluid at the location of the epidermis entered by the laser beam. The apparatus for effecting the treatment includes a laser beam source and devices for subjecting the patient's epidermis to a cooling fluid where the laser beam enters the epidermis.
Claims11
Apparatus for treating cutaneous vascular lesions in a target area under a patient's epidermis, said apparatus comprising:
- a laser beam source means for directing a laser beam against and through a predetermined location of the patient's epidermis to the target area;
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- a stationary container means for containing a cooling medium and for subjecting the patient's epidermis to the cooling medium at the target area of the patient's epidermis simultaneous with the application of the laser beam thereto, said container being a closed container and positioned directly between said laser beam source means and the target area of the patient's epidermis, but spaced from said laser beam source means.
Apparatus for treating cutaneous vascular lesions in a target area under a patient's epidermis, said apparatus comprising:
- a laser beam source means for directing a laser beam against and through a predetermined location of the patient's epidermis to the target area;
- means for subjecting the patient's epidermis to a cooling medium at the predetermined location of the patient's epidermis simultaneous with the application of the laser beam thereto, said means being positioned between said laser beam source means and the target area;
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- closed recirculation means for inserting cooling fluid into said subjecting means and for removing heated cooling fluid from said subjecting means and for inserting re-cooled heated cooing fluid into said subjecting means,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.