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Patent No.:

US 7220254 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2004

Dermatological treatment with visualization

Applicants:

Gregory B. Altshuler, Wilmington, MA (US);

Liam O'shea, Medford, MA (US);

Oldrich M. Laznicka, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory B. Altshuler, Wilmington, MA (US);

Liam O'Shea, Medford, MA (US);

Oldrich M. Laznicka, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US);

Assignee:

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorneys:

Thomas J. Engellenner

Reza Mollaaghababa

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Primary Examiner:

Henry M Johnson, Iii

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/01 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a handheld dermatological device for visualizing a skin treatment region prior to, during, or after therapeutic treatment with therapeutic energy. An apparatus according to the teachings of the invention can include an image capture device and a display device mounted to the apparatus and electrically coupled to the image capture device. The display device is capable of displaying images of the treatment area captured by the image capture device. The apparatus can further include a head capable of transmitting therapeutic energy to a treatment area, which can be precisely aligned by the user to a desired portion of the treatment area through the use of the display device. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include one or more illumination sources for illuminating a skin target region, and shield for shielding the image capture device from direct reflection of the illuminating radiation from a selected skin surface portion.

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