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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Constantinos Demetriou, Nicosia, CY;
James C. Hsia, Weston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Constantinos Demetriou, Nicosia, CY;
James C. Hsia, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Candela Corporation, Wayland, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention generally relates to treating diseased nails, and more particularly to treating diseased nails using radiation and/or another form of energy to substantially deactivate the source of the disease. A nail treatment can be performed by a medical professional without the use of a dying agent or an exogenous chromophore, and the treatment can be effective at eliminating the source of the disease without subjecting a patient to adverse side effects or causing substantial unwanted injury to surrounding tissue.