Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080214988 | Methods And Devices For Fractional Ablation Of Tissue - Methods and devices for ablating portions of a tissue volume with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated ablation islets in the tissue are disclosed, including lattices of micro-holes, micro-grooves, and other structures. Also, methods and devices for using the ablated islets are disclosed, including to deliver chromophores, filler, drugs and other substances to the tissue volume. | 09-04-2008 |
20080294150 | Photoselective Islets In Skin And Other Tissues - Methods of treatment of tissue with electromagnetic radiation (“EMR”) to produce lattices of photoselective islets and other energy selective islets in tissue are disclosed. Also disclosed are devices and systems for producing lattices of EMR-treated islets in tissue, and cosmetic and medical applications of such devices and systems. | 11-27-2008 |
20080306471 | Methods and devices for fractional ablation of tissue - Methods and devices for ablating portions of a tissue volume with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated ablation islets in the tissue are disclosed, including lattices of micro-holes, micro-grooves, and other structures. Also, methods and devices for using the ablated islets are disclosed, including to deliver chromophores, filler, drugs and other substances to the tissue volume. | 12-11-2008 |
20090069741 | Methods And Devices For Fractional Ablation Of Tissue For Substance Delivery - Methods and devices for ablating portions of a tissue volume with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated ablation islets in the tissue are disclosed, including lattices of micro-holes, micro-grooves, and other structures. Also, methods and devices for using the ablated islets are disclosed, including to deliver chromophores, filler, drugs and other substances to the tissue volume. | 03-12-2009 |
20090254076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRACTIONAL DEFORMATION AND TREATMENT OF TISSUE - Devices and methods of treatment of tissue, such as skin tissue, with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) are disclosed that employ local deformation of tissue in small areas. Devices and methods employing local deformation are used to produce fractional lattices of EMR-treated islets in tissue. | 10-08-2009 |
20100145321 | METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR PRODUCING LATTICES OF EMR-TREATED ISLETS IN TISSUES, AND USES THEREFOR - Methods of treatment of tissue with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated islets in the tissue are disclosed. Also disclosed are devices and systems for producing lattices of EMR-treated islets in tissue, and cosmetic and medical applications of such devices and systems. | 06-10-2010 |
20100286673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE - Devices and methods of treatment of tissue, such as skin tissue, with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) are disclosed that employ local deformation of tissue in small areas. Devices and methods employing local deformation are used to produce fractional lattices of EMR-treated islets in tissue for application including hair growth management. | 11-11-2010 |
20100298744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING TISSUE WITH ULTRASOUND ENERGY - Disclosed herein are method(s) and device(s) capable of generating a small lesion as deep as a few millimeters beneath the skin's surface and several cubic millimeters in volume in orders of magnitude less time, namely, tens of milliseconds. More specifically, in one exemplary embodiment, a method of treating tissue (e.g., skin) is provided which includes generating one or more ultrasound pulses with each pulse having a pulse width shorter than a thermal relaxation time of a tissue treatment volume, and applying one or more of said ultrasound pulses to at least one portion of the tissue treatment volume to generate one or more treatment areas in a region. Methods of treating tissue can include effecting a therapeutic treatment in said region of the tissue, and/or effecting a cosmetic treatment in said target region. | 11-25-2010 |
20110184334 | PHOTOTREATMENT DEVICE FOR USE WITH COOLANTS AND TOPICAL SUBSTANCES - Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-usable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclosed for using a topical substance to detect contact of a phototreatment device with a tissue, detect speed of a phototreatment device over the tissue, detect regions of tissue that have been treated by a phototreatment device and/or to provide other benefits to the tissue such as improved skin tone and texture, tanning, etc. Safety systems are also disclosed that ensure that a proper consumable substance and/or container is connected to a phototreatment device and/or directed to a proper target. Additionally, cooling systems and methods that utilize phase change materials for extracting heat from a light generating device are disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110257584 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INJECTION OF A SUBSTANCE INTO TISSUE - Substances are injected (e.g. laser injected) into skin tissue in order to change optical and/or mechanical properties of the tissue. Methods include ablating one or more micro-holes into tissue, pushing a substance into the one or more micro-holes with energy from the creation of the mirco-holes, with acoustic energy, and/or with laser energy. A container component is filled with the substance to be injected into the skin tissue. | 10-20-2011 |
20120277659 | SENSOR-LOTION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH BODY TREATMENT DEVICES - Controls improve skin and/or eye safety for use of a light based photocosmetic device. The sensors having high spatial resolution and the low probability of sensor failure and improve skin and/or eye safety by differentiating safe and unsafe firing conditions. The system and/or the device is able to identify a topical present on the skin due to characteristics indicative of that topical that are sensed by the system. The topical can be identified by, for example, impedance level, marker(s), and/or multiple characteristics in a multi-phase system. The sensor(s) can improve safety by checking the presence of contact and the uniformity of contact with the identified topical throughout the treatment cycle. | 11-01-2012 |
20130066237 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INFLAMMATION TREATMENT - Methods and devices are disclosed for controlled mediation and/or improvement of inflammation, inflammation associated with pain, and pain by delivering non-ablative thermal tissue damage to portions of a region of tissue including a volume of inflamed tissue, thereby activating the immune systems pain relief response to the tissue damage. | 03-14-2013 |
20140074133 | COMBINATION OF SHAVER AND OPTO-THERMAL MODIFICATION OF HAIR - Methods, systems, and apparatus for hair treatment are disclosed which include applying treatment radiation to a skin treatment area and/or to one or more hairs to deposit energy in one or more hairs so as to modify the structure (e.g., the mechanical structure and/or the chemical structure of at least a portion of the hair(s)). The applied radiation can modify at least a portion of the hair (e.g., the hair tip) to make the hair less capable of re-entering the skin. Specifically, the proposed technique is directed to decreasing stiffness of at least portion of a hair through diminishing its flexural modulus as well as increasing the bend radius of its sharpest point. The methods and apparatus can treat and/or prevent pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) in the treatment area. | 03-13-2014 |