Patents by Inventor Tomi Wall

Tomi Wall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070239147
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus are provided for treating dermatological conditions by generating a relatively large amount of thermal damage beneath a skin surface while generating relatively little thermal damage to the skin surface and/or epidermis. For example, the exemplary system, method and apparatus provide for directing a radiation beam onto a target location on the skin surface to thermally damage a volume of tissue beneath the target location, and directing a second radiation beam onto the same target location to thermally damage a different volume of tissue beneath the target location. The radiation beams may include ablative and/or non-ablative laser beams, or they may be generated by, e.g., a flashlamp, a tungsten lamp, a diode, or a diode array. The two beams may be pulsed. Further, they can be part of a single continuous wave beam, which can be rotated around an axis which passes through the target area, or which can be directed at a plurality of angles with respect to the skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Manstein, R. Anderson, Hans-Joachim Laubach, Tomi Wall