Patents Assigned to PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLGIES
  • HEADS FOR DERMATOLOGY TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20120083862
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, various beam focusing techniques to reduce scattering and/or other techniques for reducing the cost and/or increasing the efficacy of optical radiation for use in hair removal and other dermatological treatments. A number of embodiments are included for achieving the various objectives indicated above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: The General Hospital Corporation, D/B/A Massachusetts General Hospital, PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLGIES
    Inventors: Gregory B. Altshuler, R. Rox Anderson
  • Heads For Dermatology Treatment
    Publication number: 20110172651
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, various beam focusing techniques to reduce scattering and/or other techniques for reducing the cost and/or increasing the efficacy of optical radiation for use in hair removal and other dermatological treatments. A number of embodiments are included for achieving the various objectives indicated above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLGIES, INC., The General Hospital d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Gregory B. Altshuler, R. Rox Anderson