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US 6,443,945 B1Granted
Laser assisted pharmaceutical delivery and fluid removal
AssigneeTransmedica International, Inc.
InventorsKevin S. Marchitto, Stephen T. Flock
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Abstract
The present invention provides improved devices for pharmaceutical delivery and fluid removal using laser ablation or alteration. These devices have marking means for marking the ablation or alteration site, the area around the site, or the site and the area around the site. In a preferred embodiment, the mark created by the devices is a physical mark which remains detectable after the marking means is inactivated or redirected away from the site.
Claims26
A laser device, comprising:
- a laser to emit one or more light beams at a wavelength of between 0.2 microns and 10 microns for irradiating a site on a patient's skin;
- a pigment for marking said patient's skin, said pigment not substantially removable by said one or more light beams;
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- a marker mounted with said laser to apply said pigment to said patient's skin.
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