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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Claudio I. Zanelli, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Samuel M. Howard, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Claudio I. Zanelli, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Samuel M. Howard, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hair is permanently removed from a patient's skin by transcutaneously focusing high intensity acoustic energy at a hair follicle and applying sufficient energy to destroy the follicle, whereby hair is removed and regrowth is prevented. Typically, a region of a patient's skin would be ultrasonically imaged to show the location of a plurality of individual hair follicles. The individual imaged hair follicles are then treated using a system which automatically directs the high intensity acoustic energy at each follicle.