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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140309493 | ADJUSTABLE PROBE - An optical fibre endoscopic probe used to deliver radiation, in particular laser radiation, during a surgical procedure. The configuration of components of the endoscopic probe in use is adjustable so as to direct the radiation which exits the fibre as desired. The present invention also relates to a device used to direct the exiting beam of radiation in such an endoscopic probe, which may in particular be used in a narrow probe channel, for example for prostate laser surgery, and to a method of surgical treatment using the endoscopic probe. | 10-16-2014 |
20140263431 | FLUID RESERVOIR, A SYSTEM FOR FLUID SUPPLY COMPRISING SAID RESERVOIR AND USE OF SAID RESERVOIR IN A SYSTEM FOR SUPPLY OF INK TO AN INK JET PRINTER - The present invention relates to a fluid reservoir ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140254996 | GROOVED OPTICAL FIBER JACKET - An optical fiber is disclosed which includes a protective outer jacket. The outer protective jacket is grooved to include one or more peripheral grooves formed into the jacket. In operation of a laser device, laser energy passes through the optical fiber to the distal tip of the optical fiber. As the distal tip erodes, the outer protective jacket also erodes in a controlled fashion such that portions of the outer jacket flake off as the fiber tip erodes to the position of the peripheral grooves formed in the outer jacket rather than in a random fashion. | 09-11-2014 |
20140121730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRACTIONAL SCANNER AND TREATMENT - A method and apparatus for treating tissue includes an energy application device that directs energy at the skin tissue of the patient in a fractional treatment mode in which a plurality of spots receive energy which may be in a form of a laser beam. In order to lessen thermal damage to the surrounding tissue of the spot, a controller will cause the laser or the energy application device to skip around the area to be treated rather than to apply the laser beam in a sequential, raster-like fashion to each of the points in a fractional treatment area. | 05-01-2014 |
20140052029 | APPARATUS, TIP AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE - Disclosed is an apparatus for treating tissue. The apparatus includes a chamber having an opening, the chamber configured to, when placed proximate to the tissue, cause periodic movement of an area of the tissue raised towards the opening of the chamber, and one or more energy transmitting elements to apply energy to at least a portion of the area of the tissue. | 02-20-2014 |
20140018781 | 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 C0 | 01-16-2014 |
20130338655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MULTIFUNCTION SURGICAL APPARATUS - Systems and methods for a multifunction surgical apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical separator comprises: a base; a plurality of separation tongs each movably coupled to the base at their proximal end, wherein the tongs have distal ends each having a blunt profile; a cable coupled to the base, the cable including an optical fiber, where the base is arrange to position the optical fiber to aim an optical energy beam from the optical fiber out from the base and between the tongs at a centered point between the distal ends; wherein the cable further includes at least one element providing a control signal that controls operation of the tongs to move between and open position and a closed position; wherein when the distal ends of each of the tongs are positioned together into the closed position, the exterior profile of the tongs forms a wedge shape having a tip where the tongs meet. | 12-19-2013 |
20130235369 | EVALUATION OF OPTICAL FIBER INTEGRITY - A method of evaluating integrity of a fiber comprises transmitting a measurement light beam through the optical fiber and measuring an intensity of a combined reflection of the measurement light beam. The combined reflection includes a proximal end reflection component and a distal end reflection component. The method further comprises separating the proximal end reflection component from the combined reflection to obtain a calibrated intensity measurement; and analyzing the calibrated intensity measurement to determine the integrity of the optical fiber. | 09-12-2013 |
20130197495 | RECONFIGURABLE HANDHELD LASER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for reconfigurable handheld laser treatment systems are provided. In one embodiment, a reconfigurable handheld laser treatment system comprises: a base unit; a handset that includes a attachment chamber having an attachment aperture, and a laser source arranged to project optical energy into the attachment chamber, the handset coupled to the base unit; an attachment having an adapter interface compatible with insertion into the attachment chamber; a trigger sensor coupled to logic that controls activation of the laser array; and an attachment sensor arranged to detect insertion of the adapted interface into the attachment chamber through the attachment aperture. The logic enables activation of the laser array when the attachment sensor detects an authorized attachment inserted into the attachment aperture. The logic disables activation of the laser array when the attachment sensor fails to detect an authorized attachment inserted into the attachment aperture. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197494 | RECONFIGURABLE HANDHELD LASER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a handheld laser treatment apparatus comprises: a handset including a treatment chamber, the treatment chamber having an open treatment aperture; a laser array arranged to project optical energy into the treatment chamber and coupled to a power source; at least one vacuum channel positioned within the treatment chamber and coupled to a vacuum source; a trigger sensor coupled to logic that controls activation of the laser array and the vacuum channel; an attachment sensor arranged to detect which of a plurality of attachments are inserted into the treatment chamber through the treatment aperture. The logic enables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a first attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture. The logic disables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a second attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture. | 08-01-2013 |
20130172959 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LIGHT IN OCULAR AND PERIOCULAR AREAS - A removable tip for a light energy handpiece comprises a hollow conduit configured to surround a light guide in the handpiece; a support extension having a length longer than a length of the hollow conduit; and a shielding extension coupled to the support extension at an angle less than 180 degrees and located in front of the hollow conduit. The shielding extension is configured to be inserted behind an eyelid and extend to the fornix, the shielding extension comprised of a thermally insulative material. | 07-04-2013 |
20130144281 | Tissue Treatment Apparatus with Interchangeable Instrument/Accessories - A tissue treatment apparatus is provided for surgical and medical procedures and operations including an instrument and accessory base adapted for receiving one or more instruments and/or accessories configured for different procedures and operations and for a variety of modes of use of the treatment apparatus. | 06-06-2013 |
20130123769 | Distance Estimation Between a Fiber End and a Tissue Using Numerical Aperture Modulation - A system and method of estimating a distance between the distal end of an optical fiber and treated tissue, to improve treatment efficiency, is provided herein. The estimation is achieved by modulating the numerical aperture of a light beam transmitted through the fiber to receive reflections from the tissue and distinguish them from other reflections in the fiber, and further by calculating the distance by comparing reflection intensities of beams having different numerical aperture values that illuminate the tissue over a very short period, so that tissue and environment conditions do not change much. Distance estimation may be carried out by modulating the treatment beam itself, or by a light beam transmitted between pulses of a pulsed | 05-16-2013 |
20130053832 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS TO PROTECT NON TARGETED TISSUE - Disclosed are systems, devices, materials and method, including a system that includes an energy delivery apparatus to apply energy generated by an energy source to a target area, and a flexible deformable bio-degradable protective material configured to be deformed to define irregular surfaces. The deformable bio-degradable material is also configured to be placed in a location between the target area and another area, to interact with energy not absorbed by the target area to protect the other area, at least partly, from the energy not absorbed by the target area, and further configured to degrade over a period of time when the deformable bio-degradable material is placed substantially permanently proximate the location between the target area and the other area. | 02-28-2013 |
20120316549 | 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. | 12-13-2012 |
20120201261 | 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. | 08-09-2012 |
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 |