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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nikolai I Tankovich, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ThermoLase Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A45D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606-9 ; 606133 ; 606131 ;
Abstract
A device for inhibiting growth of unwanted hair. A light-absorbing contaminant applied to the surface of a section of skin so that some of the contaminant infiltrates hair ducts is placed in spaced apart relationship to an illumination source that provides light absorbed by the contaminant. When the light penetrates the section of skin and is absorbed by the contaminant in the hair ducts, the follicles and/or skin tissue surrounding the follicles is heated so as to inhibit hair growth.