| Lumenis Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20120083777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROABLATION OF TISSUE - The present invention generally relates to the field of laser treatment of tissue, and particularly, to a system and method for creating microablated channels in skin. The present invention is more particularly directed to treating subsurface tissue through the created channels. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120065551 | System and Methods of Tissue Microablation Using Fractional Treatment Patterns - An apparatus for treating tissue includes a first energy application device to direct energy at tissue of a patient to cause at least one channel to be formed and a controller to control application of energy from the first energy application device to form the at least one channel. The at least one channel may be in the shape of a spiral-like shape or may be in a flower-like shape. Mechanisms are provided to help open channels formed in the human skin structure. A second energy application source may be used to maintain the channel open after formation. The controller may cause the first energy application device to form a plurality of channels of varying depth, width and distribution over the human skin surface. The apparatus to control the application of energy may be operated using a foot-activated pedal. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20110228801 | System and Method to Regulate High Current Radiation Sources - Disclosed is a high current radiation system. The system includes a high current radiation source to generate radiation and an analog circuit to generate, based, at least in part, on an input signal representative of the present current level delivered to the high current radiation source and a user-controlled input representative of a desired current level, an output signal to control a current level to be delivered to the high current radiation source. The system further includes a current driver to control the current delivered to the high current radiation source based, at least in part, on the output signal of the analog circuit. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110218464 | System, Device and Methods of Tissue Treatment for Achieving Tissue Specific Effects - A tissue treatment system and a treatment applicator provide multi-modality treatment of skin, tissue and organ conditions and pathologies using different types of treatment energy, alone or in combination, including radiofrequency (RF) energy and ultrasound energy to achieve multiple and different treatment effects that are tissue-specific and tissue depth-specific. The system and the applicator according to the invention selectively and fractionally and, as an option, nonfractionally, treat one or more tissue zones within a three-dimensional volume of skin or other soft tissue with one or more energy types and precisely target measured treatment energy to specific tissue types, tissue layers and/or specific depths or locations within the volume of skin or tissue. The system and the applicator can also target one or more energy types to treat a specific location or depth within a given tissue layer. The system and the applicator can provide different RF and ultrasound treatment energies that accurately affect the structure or activity of different tissue types, layers and/or depths within a given tissue zone of the skin or tissue volume in accordance with the treatment effects desired in particular tissue layers and/or at particular tissue depths to thereby selectively produce multiple and different treatment impacts. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110125227 | Method and System for Controlling Non-Coherent Pulsed Light - A system and method to control non-coherent pulsed light, the system including a lamp to produce non-coherent light energy in a pulsed mode, a current supply to provide energy to the system, and a switching module to control the spectral distribution and/or light intensity in the non-coherent pulsed light energy during a pulse of non-coherent light. The system may include a controller unit to control pulse parameters for a selected treatment, based on illumination data received from the light sensor. The system may include one or more changeable filters to modulate the pulses supplied to the lamp during a pulse. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110098528 | FIBERS AND TIPS THEREOF USED WITH DEVICES - Disclosed are apparatus, systems, devices, methods and structures, including an apparatus that includes a device including an inner channel, and a fiber structure comprising an energy-transmitting fiber and a cover surrounding the energy-transmitting fiber, the energy transmitting fiber including an end that is substantially flush with the cover such that the fiber structure can be passed through the inner channel of the device. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110087202 | TISSUE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS - Disclosed are apparatus, method, devices and instruments, including an apparatus that includes a flexible waveguide coupled to a supporting structure, and further coupled to a treatment tip. The apparatus also includes a beam controller to control application of a radiation beam emitted from the flexible waveguide to distribute the beam over an area different than an area covered by direct application of the beam to a single location on a target tissue. Further disclosed is an apparatus that includes a waveguide, coupleable to a laser source, and a thermal protection instrument. The thermal protection instrument includes a tissue contacting member to contact a part of an area of a tissue irradiated by laser radiation, and a beam blocking element to absorb at least some of radiation not absorbed by the area of the tissue, the beam blocking element being thermally isolated from the area of the tissue. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20100238961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REGULATE HIGH CURRENT RADIATION SOURCES - Disclosed is a high current radiation system. The system includes a high current radiation source to generate radiation and an analog circuit to generate, based, at least in part, on an input signal representative of the present current level delivered to the high current radiation source and a user-controlled input representative of a desired current level, an output signal to control a current level to be delivered to the high current radiation source. The system further includes a current driver to control the current delivered to the high current radiation source based, at least in part, on the output signal of the analog circuit. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100215066 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE LASER BEAMS OF TWO OR MORE WAVELENGTHS - A system, apparatus, and method may provide laser beams of two or more wavelengths from diode pumped solid-state laser sources ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100100085 | Waveguides With Aiming Mechanisms - Disclosed are radiation systems and methods, including a system that includes a waveguide to direct radiation from a first radiation source, a covering to cover at least part of the waveguide and one or more optical fibers embedded in the covering to direct radiation from a second radiation source. Also disclosed is system that includes a hollow waveguide assembly including a proximal portion and a distal portion that can be coupled to the proximal portion at a coupling area, the hollow waveguide assembly being configured to direct radiation from a first radiation source to an output port at a distal end of the distal portion of the hollow waveguide assembly, and a coupling unit to couple into the distal portion of the hollow waveguide assembly radiation from a second radiation source and the radiation from the first source delivered through the proximal portion. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090299353 | Tissue Treatment Device and Method - Disclosed is a treatment device. The treatment device includes a treatment tip that includes one or more members with contacting surfaces to contact a target area, the tip being mechanically coupled to a body member. The tip also includes one or more heating elements placed on at least one of the one or more members of the treatment tip, the one or more heating elements configured to be heated by laser radiation and to direct heat to treat at least a portion of the target area. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090292278 | Multi-Stage Procedures with a Modifiable Fiber and a Guide Tube Containing an Instrument - Disclosed is an apparatus that includes a modifiable fiber structure adapted to operate in at least two configurations such that in a sideways-firing configuration the fiber structure is adapted to emit radiation in a substantially sideways direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the fiber structure, and in another, axial-firing, configuration the fiber structure is adapted to emit radiation in a substantially axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the fiber structure. Also disclosed is another apparatus that includes a guide tube disposed within a scope, the guide tube configured to be advanced to a position near an area to be treated so that the scope can be advanced along the guide tube to the position near the area to be treated. The guide tube is further configured to receive a treatment instrument to perform a treatment procedure on the area to be treated. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090275927 | System and Method for Lasers in Surgical Applications - Disclosed is a surgical laser system. The system includes a laser generator to generate laser radiation to cause water absorption levels that approximate water absorption levels achieved with a CO | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090105699 | Scanner Laser Handpiece with Shaped Output Beam - A method for delivering electromagnetic radiation onto tissue to be ‘treated with the radiation includes delivering the radiation onto the tissue in a treatment-spot having a polygonal shape such as a rectangle or a hexagon. The polygonal shape is selected such that a region of the tissue to be treated’ can be completely covered by a plurality of such shapes essentially without overlapping the shapes. The radiation to be delivered is passed through a lightguide having a cross-section of the polygonal shape. Radiation exiting the lightguide is projected onto the tissue via a plurality of optical elements to provide the treatment-spot. | 04-23-2009 |
