Method and apparatus for therapeutic electromagnetic treatment
AssigneeESC Medical Systems Ltd.
InventorShimon Eckhouse
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Abstract
A therapeutic treatment method is disclosed wherein a cooling gel is applied to a treatment area to cool the surface of the area, providing a pulsed light output for the treatment and directing the pulsed light output to the treatment area. The light may be directed by a light guide, either flexible or rigid. The light may be incoherent. The angle or spectrum of the light applied to the skin may be controlled. A dye may be dissolved in the light guide, and the light guide may be made of several optical fibers fused together at their ends.
Claims12
A therapeutic treatment method comprising the steps of applying a cooling gel adapted to cool the surface of a treatment are to the treatment area, providing a pulsed light output for treatment, and directing the pulsed light output to the treatment area.
A therapeutic treatment method comprising the steps of applying a cooling gel to a treatment area, providing a pulsed light output for treatment, directing the pulsed light output to the treatment area through a light guide.
A therapeutic treatment method comprising the steps of applying a cooling gel to a treatment area, providing a pulsed light output for treatment, guiding the pulsed light output to the treatment area through a flexible light guide coupled to the gel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.