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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
George Cho, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Horace Furumoto, Wellesley, MA (US);
Rafael A Sierra, Palmer, MA (US);
Cynosure Inc, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for the prevention of a scar on the skin of a patient after the beginning healing of a wound or surgical site on that patient. The method comprises the steps of providing an optical radiation apparatus with a handpiece communicating therewith, energizing the optical radiation apparatus to provide a beam of light, directing the light beam onto a wound or surgical site of a patient after 2 days and before 2 months from the date of injury or surgical procedure to the patient. The beam has a wavelength range of about 530 nm to 1000 nm and the beam has a fluence range of from 2 J/cm,to 12 J/cm,. The beam is preferrably generated by a pulsed dye laser apparatus.