Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Infrared – visible light – ultraviolet – x-ray or electrical...
Patent
1996-08-14
2000-07-25
Bockelman, Mark
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray or electrical...
604290, 8161, 606 43, 606131, A61N 130
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active
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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for selective long term and/or permanent hair removal from a biological subject by iontophoretic delivery of a chemical depilatory agent deeply into a hair removal site for effecting varying degrees of damage to hair roots.
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