Palomar Medicaltechnologies, Inc.

Ipg Photonics Corporation

The General Hospital Corporation

Ilya Yaroslavsky

Gregory B Altshuler

Andrei V Erofeev

Isaac Ostrovsky

Dmitri Boutoussov

Michael Barenboym

Henry Zenzie

James G Burke, Iii

Robert R Lopez

Christopher Gaal

Olivier Traxer

Konstantin Prikhodko

Anastasiya Kovalenko

Viktoriya Andreeva

Andrei Vyacheslavovich Belikov

R Rox Anderson

Dieter Manstein

James A Burke

Jeffrey Michael Treen

Michael Smotrich

Henry H Zenzie

Andre Viacheslavovitch Belikov

Victoria Vinnichenko

Anastasia Kovalenko

Catheter steering handles that are ergonomically designed to enable an operator to reduce hand fatigue. Various ergonomic aspects of the disclosed steering handles include geometries that more naturally conform to the palm of the hand and that enable the hand to be held in a natural, low stress posture during operation of the steering handle. In another aspect of the disclosure, the catheter steering handle is configured so that the operator can release or partially release the grip on the handle, thereby enabling the operator to relax and flex the hand, thereby reducing fatigue.

Ergonomic steering handle

Control handle grip for a catheter

The present invention provides method and apparatus for treating tissue in a region at depth while protecting non-targeted tissue by cyclically applying cooling to the patients skin, and preferably to the region, and by applying radiation to the patient's skin above the region to selectively heat tissue during and/or after cooling is applied. At least one of cooling and radiation may be applied by successively passing a continuous output applicator over the patient's skin. Treatment may also be enhanced by applying mechanical, acoustic or electrical stimulation to the region.

Method and apparatus for treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous conditions

Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclosed for using a topical substance to detect contact of a phototreatment device with a tissue, detect speed of a phototreatment device over the tissue, detect regions of tissue that have been treated by a phototreatment device and/or to provide other benefits to the tissue such as improved skin tone and texture, tanning, etc. Safety systems are also disclosed that ensure that a proper consumable substance and/or container is connected to a phototreatment device and/or directed to a proper target. Additionally, cooling systems and methods that utilize phase change materials for extracting heat from a light generating device are disclosed.

Phototreatment device for use with coolants

Phototreatment device for use with coolants and topical substances

The present invention provides method and apparatus for treating tissue in a region at depth while protecting non-targeted tissue by cyclically applying cooling to the patients skin, and preferably to the region, and by applying radiation to the patient's skin above the region to selectively heat tissue during and/or after cooling is applied. At least one of cooling and radiation my be applied by successivly passing a continuous output applicator over the patient's skin. Treatment may also be enhanced by applying mechanical, acoustic or electrical stimulation to the region.

A method and apparatus are provided for hair growth management by applying low energy optical radiation to a treatment area of a patient's skin, which radiation is sufficient to at least traumatize a matrix portion of each follicle being treated, but not to cause either necrosis of most of each said follicle or immediate gross alteration of any hair shaft therein. The treatments are preferably performed a plurality of times at selected time intervals to achieve a desired level of hair growth management.

Method and apparatus for hair growth management

A method and apparatus are provided for radiation treatment on a patient by use fiber laser and/or a tunable laser, a tunable fiber laser being used for preferred embodiments. Wavelength may be controlled to control depth of penetration and/or radiation absorption and may be scanned to scan depth of penetration.

Fiber laser device for medical/cosmetic procedures

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North Andover, MA, United States of America

Ilya Yaroslavsky