Fiber laser device for medical/cosmetic procedures
AssigneePalomar Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory B. Altshuler, Andrei V. Erofeev, Ilya Yaroslavsky
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for radiation treatment on a patient by use fiber laser and/or a tunable laser, a tunable fiber laser being used for preferred embodiments. Wavelength may be controlled to control depth of penetration and/or radiation absorption and may be scanned to scan depth of penetration.
Claims26
A device for performing a radiation treatment on a patient comprising:
- at least one fiber laser;
- a mechanism for delivering radiation from the at least one fiber laser to the patient at a desired wavelength;
- and
- controls for tuning the at least one fiber laser to the desired wavelength and for changing the desired wavelength during treatment, said controls including a processor programmable to scan the wavelength to vary the depth of penetration.
A device for performing a radiation treatment on a patient comprising:
- a plurality of fiber lasers mounted adjacent to each other to provide radiation along a line;
- and
- a mechanism for delivering radiation from said plurality of fiber lasers to said patient.
A device for performing a radiation treatment on a patient comprising:
- at least one fiber laser;
- and
- a mechanism for delivering radiation from said at least one fiber laser to said patient, wherein said device is a substantially self-contained handheld device containing said at least one fiber laser, a driver mechanism and a control mechanism therefore, and optics which form at least part of said mechanism for delivering radiation from the fiber laser to the patient.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing at least one tunable fiber laser;
- delivering optical radiation from the at least one tunable fiber laser to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment;
- and
- tuning the at least one tunable fiber laser to change wavelength of optical radiation during said delivering step to scan the depth of penetration.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing a plurality of fiber lasers which are positioned to deliver radiation along a line;
- and
- delivering optical radiation from the plurality of fiber lasers to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing at least one tunable fiber laser;
- delivering optical radiation from the at least one fiber laser to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment;
- and
- tuning the at least one fiber laser to a desired wavelength suitable for treatment of an identified patient condition either before or during said delivering step.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing at least one tunable fiber laser;
- delivering optical radiation from the at least one fiber laser to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment;
- and
- tuning the at least one fiber laser to a desired wavelength suitable for treatment of an identified dermatological condition either before or during said delivering step, wherein said treatment is a dermatology procedure.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing at least one tunable fiber laser;
- delivering optical radiation from the at least one fiber laser to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment, wherein a desired wavelength is scanned during said delivering step, thereby causing depth of penetration to be scanned;
- and
- tuning the at least one fiber laser to the desired wavelength either before or during said delivering step.
A method for performing a laser treatment including:
- providing at least one tunable fiber laser;
- delivering optical radiation from the at least one fiber laser to a portion of a patient's body undergoing the treatment;
- and
- scanning said wavelength during said delivering step, thereby causing depth of penetration to be scanned.
A method for performing a laser treatment on a patient including:
- tuning at least one laser to a desired wavelength for treatment of an identified dermatological condition;
- delivering optical radiation of the desired wavelength from the at least one laser to a portion of a patient's to perform the treatment;
- and
- tuning the laser to change the desired wavelength during said delivering step, thereby causing depth of penetration to be scanned.
A device for performing a radiation treatment on a patient comprising:
- at least one tunable laser;
- controls for tuning the laser said controls including a processor programmable to scan the wavelength to vary the depth of penetration;
- and
- a mechanism for delivering radiation at the desired wavelength from said at least one laser to said patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.