Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1997-09-26
1999-11-02
Leubecker, John P.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
A61B 1738
Patent
active
059761237
ABSTRACT:
A cooling handpiece and method for use in therapeutic, cosmetic or aesthetic, diagnostic, exploratory, interventional or other medical procedures, the handpiece for use in conjunction with a controllable energy source such as coherent light, non-coherent light or laser light, ultrasound energy, radio frequency energy and other types of electromagnetic and mechanical energy, the handpiece comprising a main body portion adapted for directing the energy to target tissue, the main body portion further adapted for receiving a removable reservoir containing coolant fluid, the reservoir having an attachment means for releasable attachment of the reservoir to the handpiece, and the handpiece having a controllable valve for delivery of a portion of the coolant fluid to the target tissue.
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Baumgardner Jonathan M.
Elsbach Gerald
Hennings David R.
Sand Bruce J.
Harris-Ogugua Sonya
Laser Aesthetics, Inc.
Leubecker John P.
Shahani, Esq. Ray K.
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