Abstract: A subcutaneous fat treatment system and method. An electrode is for application to a patient's epidermis above subcutaneous fat to be treated. There may optionally be a cooling subsystem for cooling the electrode. A sensor such as a microwave radiometer measures the temperature of the subcutaneous fat to be treated. In addition or in the alternative, a subcutaneous fat thickness measurement may be used. A radio frequency source is for applying radio frequency energy to the electrode. A controller subsystem is responsive to the sensor and/or the subcutaneous fat thickness measurement and controls the radio frequency source to determine the thermal dose applied to the subcutaneous fat being treated and automatically adjust the radio frequency energy supplied to the electrode subjecting the subcutaneous fat to a thermal dose of between 0.1 and 10.0.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of the eye through the sclera without any contact to the eye. The apparatus contains a lamp element and optics that focus the light on the eye sclera. One or more fiber optics bundles may be used to convey the light from the light source close to the illuminated eye, ending with condensing optical elements. Alternatively, light could be conveyed by sharing the optics of an imaging system. It is useful for observing or imaging the interior of the eye, the retina, or the choroid. The observation or the imaging of the interior of the eye, the retina, or the choroid by applying the disclosed illumination method can be done in conjunction with any system that includes optics for that purpose, e.g., fundus cameras and ophthalmoscopes, without using those systems' illumination elements.

Abstract: An illumination system for fundus imaging apparatus employing transcleral illumination of the interior of the eye. Color images of the interior of the eye are obtained by illuminating the sclera successively with red, yellow and green light. Those images are then treated as red, green and blue images by a post processing unit, which combines them to give a color image. This is useful for observing or imaging the interior of the eye, the retina, or the choroid. The observation or the imaging of the interior of the eye, the retina, or the choroid by applying the disclosed illumination method can be performed in conjunction with any system that includes optics for that purpose.