Apparatus for tissue treatment
AssigneeAsah Medico A/S
InventorsBjarne Asah, Olav Balle-Petersen
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Abstract
An apparatus for tissue treatment is provided, comprising a light emitter for emission of a first light beam, director for directing the first light beam towards a target area to be treated, detector for detecting at least one tissue parameter at the target area, and first light beam controller for controlling at least one parameter without interruption of the propagating light beam. The tissue parameter may be selected from the group of texture, elasticity, size and shape. The apparatus may be used for ablating a thin epidermal layer of the derma of a patient and also marks on the tissue such as marks from chloasma, liver spots, red spots, tattoos, blood vessels just below the surface, etc. as well as warts, wounds, hair follicles, etc. may be ablated or treated.
Claims34
A handpiece for an apparatus for tissue treatment, comprising:
- an input adapted to receive a first beam-outlet end a first optical fiber for alignment of the first optical fiber with an axis of the handpiece so that a first light beam emitted from the first beam-outlet end is transmitted substantially along the axis;
- first movable deflection means for variable deflection of the first light beam emitted from the beam-outlet end;
- an output for emission of the deflected first light beam towards a target area of tissue to be treated;
- first deflection control means for controlling the first movable deflection means in such a way that the first light beam is deflected along a predetermined path across the target area to be treated;
- detector means for detecting the type of tissue at the target area;
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- first light beam control means for controlling parameters of the first light beam emitted towards the target area in response to the detected type of tissue whereby various types of tissue can automatically be treated differently.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.