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20090012585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT-BASED HAIR REMOVAL USING INCOHERENT LIGHT PULSES - Methods and apparatus for damaging hair follicles using a series of rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses of coherent or incoherent light are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the pulses of coherent or incoherent light have a wavelength or wavelengths primarily in the range between 750 nm and 1500 nm. In some embodiments, applied electromagnetic radiation comprising the rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses is effective for concomitantly heating both the sub-dermal layer (i.e. the dermis) of the tissue and the hair follicles. In some embodiments, the thermal damaging of the hair follicles is useful for facilitating hair-removal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090171424 | RF DEVICE FOR HEATING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE USING A VIBRATING APPLICATOR - Apparatus and methods for treating biological tissue | 07-02-2009 |
20090254068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT-BASED HAIR REMOVAL - Methods and apparatus for damaging hair follicles using a series of rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses of coherent or incoherent light are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the pulses of coherent or incoherent light have a wavelength or wavelengths primarily in the range between 750 nm and 1500 nm. In some embodiments, applied electromagnetic radiation comprising the rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses is effective for concomitantly heating both the sub-dermal layer (i.e. the dermis) of the tissue and the hair follicles. In some embodiments, the thermal damaging of the hair follicles is useful for facilitating hair-removal. | 10-08-2009 |
20090281537 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A FUNGAL NAIL INFECTION WITH SHORTWAVE AND/OR MICROWAVE RADIATION - The present invention relates to methods and devices for treating hard biological tissue (in particular, keratin-rich hard tissues) with electromagnetic energy having a frequency of at least 0.5 MHZ (megahertz) and less than 10 GHZ (gigahertz) (for example, HF, RF or microwave energy), and particularly, to methods and devices for treating infections, for example, fungal infections of the nail. | 11-12-2009 |
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20110009783 | DEVICE FOR RF HEATING AND MECHANICAL MASSAGE OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - A skin treatment device combines an RF treatment arrangement with a mechanical massage arrangement, preferably with the massage device in the form of an annular massage head encircling and rotating around the RF applicator. Also disclosed are configurations with a liquid dispenser for delivering a liquid to the skin under the device. According to one option, the skin contact surface of the RF applicator itself is provided in part by a rolling ball liquid applicator. | 01-13-2011 |
20120041525 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT - Disclosed are methods for dermatological treatment that in some embodiments include contacting a plurality of cooling probes with an area of skin and maintaining the plurality of cooling probes in contact with the area of skin for a period of time while the distal ends of the plurality of cooling probes substantially cool a volume of tissue, thereby causing a beneficial effect as a result of the substantial cooling of the volume of tissue, as well as devices useful for implementing the method. | 02-16-2012 |
20120071794 | Robotic System for Delivering Energy for Treatment of Skin of a Subject - A robotic system for delivering energy for medical or cosmetic treatment of a region of skin of a subject includes a multi-axis robotic arm mounted on a base and terminating at a holder. An applicator for delivering energy to the skin is mounted in the holder. The holder has at least three range sensors generating outputs of a distance to at least three spaced apart locations on the surface of the skin. A controller associated with the robotic arm and the range sensors processes the outputs from the at least three range sensors to determine an orientation of the holder relative to the skin, and actuates the robotic arm to adjust an orientation of the holder such that an orientation of the applicator relative to the skin is maintained within a predefined range of desired angles. | 03-22-2012 |
20120123319 | SONOTRODE - Disclosed are a sonotrode and its use for transdermal delivery of therapeutic or cosmetic compounds. The sonotrode | 05-17-2012 |
20120239120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEATING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE VIA RF ENERGY | 09-20-2012 |
20120330194 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE WITH ULTRASOUND - A treatment apparatus and method are disclosed for applying mechanical ultrasonic vibrations to an area of tissue. The apparatus comprises an applicator movable by an operator over the area of tissue to be treated. Mounted within the applicator are an ultrasonic transducer for generating mechanical vibrations and a sonotrode for transmitting the vibrations generated by the transducer to the tissue to be treated. The apparatus further comprises a sensor for measuring an operating parameter indicative of the efficiency of the acoustic coupling between the sonotrode and the tissue to be treated, and electronic circuitry for generating a signal (e.g. an alarm signal) when the efficiency of the acoustic coupling drops below a threshold. | 12-27-2012 |
20140005644 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT USING FRACTIONAL LASER TECHNOLOGY | 01-02-2014 |
20140007895 | ULTRASONICALLY EXCITED COMB - A comb for hair or fibres is discloses which comprises a rigid comb body having a spine extending along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of teeth projecting from the spine and extending transversely to the longitudinal axis, and at least one ultrasound generator connected to the spine . In the invention, the or each ultrasound generator comprises at least one ultrasonic transducer operative to apply compression waves to the spine in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spine so as to cause surface waves to propagate along the spine and the teeth of the comb body. | 01-09-2014 |
20140135662 | CONCURRENT TREATMENT WITH THERMAL AND ACOUSTIC ENERGY - Disclosed are methods for treating a volume of material by concurrently conveying acoustic energy and depositing thermal energy using a unipolar RF (radio-frequency) field. Also disclosed are devices suitable for concurrently conveying acoustic energy and depositing thermal energy using a unipolar RF (radio-frequency) field into the same volume of material. In some embodiments, the disclosed methods and devices are implemented for the treatment of subcutaneous fat. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE ULTRASONIC DAMAGE OF ADIPOCYTES - An apparatus and a method for treating adipose tissue located beneath a patient's skin is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a sonotrode | 05-22-2014 |
20150045857 | ELECTRODE FOR A SYSTEM FOR HEATING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE VIA RF ENERGY - An electrode is disclosed for use in a system for heating biological tissue via RF energy. The electrode comprises a plurality of electrically conductive pins projecting from, and in electrical contact with, an electrically conductive common base. The base is connectible to a source of RF energy and the spaced ends of the pins remote from the base have contact regions for introducing RF energy from the source into the biological tissue. Each contact region is sufficiently small to achieve uniform dielectric heating in the biological tissue beneath the contact region at the frequency of the applied RF energy. | 02-12-2015 |
20150080991 | RADIO FREQUENCY TREATMENT OF SWEAT GLANDS - Apparatuses and methods for thermally treating sweat glands in a volume of skin of a patient. A unipolar RF handpiece comprises a unipolar RF electrode and a bipolar RF handpiece comprises a supply electrode and a ground electrode, separated by an insulator. The unipolar RF handpiece applies RF waves into the volume of skin to dielectrically heat the sweat glands and the bipolar RF handpiece introduces RF current dielectrically heat the sweat glands. | 03-19-2015 |