Method and apparatus for temperature control of biologic tissue with simultaneous irradiation
AssigneeCool Laser Optics, Inc.
InventorsCyrus Chess, Michael L. Barretti
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for treatment of the skin or other biologic tissue includes the ability to subject said skin or other tissue to temperature modulation and radiation, simultaneously. The apparatus that delivers warm or cold material to the treatment site to effect this modulation of temperature may be attached to the apparatus that delivers radiation or it may be a separate entity, that could be utilized with a variety of radiation generating equipment.
Claims24
An apparatus for delivery of a temperature modifying medium to a treatment site of biologic tissue, coincident with the delivery of radiation to said treatment site, said apparatus comprising:
- means for delivering a flow of said medium toward said treatment site;
- and
- means for controlling the temperature of said medium, said controlling means having the capability of controlling said temperature in a range that extends above or below the normal temperature of said treatment site.
An apparatus for delivering radiation and a temperature modifying medium simultaneously to a treatment site of biologic tissue, said apparatus comprising:
- first and second delivery means for simultaneously delivering said radiation and said temperature modifying medium, respectively, to said treatment site;
- means for controlling the temperature of said medium, said controlling means having the capability of controlling said temperature in a range that extends above and below the normal temperature of said treatment site;
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- means for connecting said first and second delivery means together to permit manual manipulation of the direction of said radiation and said medium flow in concert to said treatment site.
A method of treating a treatment site of biologic tissue that has a normal temperature, said method comprising:
- delivering radiation to said treatment site;
- simultaneously delivering a temperature modifying medium to said treatment site;
- and
- controlling the temperature of said medium in a range that extends above or below said normal temperature as said medium is being delivered to said treatment site.
An apparatus for delivery of a temperature modifying medium to a treatment site of biologic tissue, coincident with the delivery of radiation to said treatment site, said apparatus comprising:
- means for delivering a flow of said medium toward said treatment site;
- and
- means for controlling the temperature and flow rate of said medium, said controlling means having the capability of controlling said temperature in a range that extends above or below the normal temperature of said treatment site and of maintaining said flow rate either steady or variable.
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