Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1996-11-27
1998-10-13
Lacyk, John P.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 13, 607 88, A61B 1736
Patent
active
058206256
ABSTRACT:
A light depilating apparatus comprising a light depilating probe, an electric controller, and a connection cable for connecting the light depilating probe to the electric controller whereby the light depilating probe is brought into contact with a portion of skin to be depilated; wherein the light depilating probe includes: a hollow body; a head cap having opened and closed ends and being attached at its opened end to one end portion of the body so as to form an inner space in the head cap; a transparent contacting cylinder provided on a head of the head cap at its closed end so that the cylinder is brought into contact with skin; a holding block provided in the inner space of the head cap; a connection cap provided at the other end portion of the body to hold a terminal of the cable connected to the electric controller; a plurality of light-emitting sources constituted by semiconductor laser elements mounted in holes formed in the holding bock so as to be excited by the electric controller through electric conductors; holes provided in the closed end of the head cap so that light paths are formed though the holes of the holding block and the holes in the head cap respectively so as to make all the light beams emitted from the light-emitting sources are focused to one focal point within an outside end surface of the contacting cylinder which is brought into contact with skin.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5409482 (1995-04-01), Diamantopoulos
patent: 5683380 (1997-11-01), Eckhouse et al.
patent: 5683436 (1997-11-01), Mendes et al.
Izawa Yoshihiro
Yamazaki Iwao
Gibson Roy
Lacyk John P.
Ya-man Ltd.
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