Apparatus and method for photocosmetic and photodermatological treatment
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1. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
- a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin, said mechanism including a submechanism which inhibits the loss of photon from said apparatus.
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Abstract
This invention relates to apparatus for using a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, which lamp is more efficient then prior such devices and to methods of using lamps for various skin treatments. The apparatus improves efficiency by minimizing photon leakage and by other enhancements. The invention also includes various enhancements to waveguides used for optical treatment on a patient'"'"'s skin.
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91 Claims
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1. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin, said mechanism including a submechanism which inhibits the loss of photon from said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for utilizing a lamp for performing hair removal utilizing the parameters of table 1.
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43. A method for utilizing a lamp for performing treatment of vascular lesions utilizing the parameters of table 2, 3 and 4.
- 44. A method for utilizing a lamp for performing skin rejuvenation utilizing the parameters of tables 2 and 6.
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45. A method for utilizing a lamp for performing treatment of acne by at least one of killing bacteria, thermolysis of the sebaceous gland and killing spider veins feeding the sebaceous gland.
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46. A method of utilizing a lamp for performing treatment of pigmented lesions utilizing the parameters of table 5.
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47. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin, said mechanism including a reflector, said reflector being mounted close enough to said lamp and being small enough so as to minimize the number of reflections for each photon on said reflector.
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55. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin;
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a mechanism for selectively filtering light from said lamp to achieve a desired wavelength spectrum, said mechanism for selectively filtering being included as part of at least one of said lamp, a coating formed on said lamp, a tube surrounding said lamp, a filter device in a gap between said lamp and said tube, a reflector for light from said lamp, the waveguide, and a filter device between said lamp and said waveguide. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 60, 61)
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59. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin, said waveguide being of a length selected enhance uniformity of the optical output from said apparatus.
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62. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin;
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a gap between the lamp and said waveguide which gap is filled with a substance having an index of refraction so as to selectively control the angular spectrum of photons within the patient'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
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66. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a larger area at a radiation receiving surface then at a radiation output surface, and wherein said waveguide has curved sides between said surfaces; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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67. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a larger area at a radiation receiving surface then at a radiation output surface and having side walls between said surfaces;
a reflector on each of said walls to inhibit photon leakage through said walls; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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68. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a plurality of cuts formed therethrough, said cuts being adapted to have a coolant fluid flow therethrough; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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69. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source to perform optical dermatology on a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a surface in contact with the patients skin which is patterned to control the delivery of photons to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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70. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a surface in contact with the patient'"'"'s skin which is concave; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73)
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74. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide having a skin contacting surface which is adapted for application of selective pressure to the skin to control the depth of treatment; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (75)
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76. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide being at least in part one of a lasing and a superluminescent waveguide; and
a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (77, 80, 81)
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78. An apparatus for utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with a patient'"'"'s skin;
at least one of a lasing and a superluminescent material surrounding said lamp;
and a mechanism for directing photons from said source through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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79. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide having a skin contacting surface adapted to be in contact with the patients skin;
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a mechanism which delivers a cooling spray to both the patient'"'"'s skin and said skin contacting surface just prior to said surface making contact with the skin.
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82. An apparatus utilizing an optical radiation source for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin;
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a rearward facing light output channel from said waveguide which leads to a backscatter detector, said channel being at an angle α
to a perpendicular to the skin which assures that only backscattered light reaches the detector.
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83. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
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a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin;
a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a lamp driver which drives said lamp with a power profile which is one of the power profiles 44, 45 and 46 of FIG. 11.
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84. An apparatus utilizing a lamp for treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, said apparatus including:
a waveguide adapted to be in optical contact with the patients skin, said waveguide being formed as a unitary component with said lamp passing through an opening formed therein, said waveguide including a mechanism for directing photons from said lamp through said waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin.
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85. A method of using optical radiation to treat a patient'"'"'s skin, said method including:
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applying optical radiation from an optical radiation source through a plate having a first surface in contact with the patient'"'"'s skin to the skin; and
applying a cooling fluid to a surface of the plate opposite said first surface;
the thickness of said plate being selected to control the depth in the patient'"'"'s skin to which cooling occurs.
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86. A method of using optical radiation to treat blood vessels in a patient'"'"'s skin, the method including:
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applying optical radiation from an optical radiation source through a waveguide to the patient'"'"'s skin, the waveguide having a selectively shaped skin-contacting surface; and
applying a selected pressure to the waveguide, the pressure being sufficient in conjunction with the shape of the waveguide, to substantially remove blood from all blood vessels above vessels on which treatment is to be performed. - View Dependent Claims (87)
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88. An apparatus for utilizing optical radiation to treat a patient'"'"'s skin, the apparatus including:
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a source of optical radiation; and
a waveguide through which radiation from the source is applied to the patient'"'"'s skin, the waveguide having scattering properties which are a function of the temperature of the waveguide, whereby the waveguide may automatically control radiation applied to the patient'"'"'s skin to compensate for changes in patient skin temperature. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91)
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89. Apparatus for utilizing an optical radiation from a lamp to treat a patient'"'"'s skin, the apparatus including:
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a mechanism for applying radiation from the lamp to the patient'"'"'s skin; and
a filtering mechanism which prevent all but at least one band of radiation from the lamp to reach the patients skin, said at least one band being selected such that the temperature at a desired target in the patent'"'"'s skin to the temperature of the patient'"'"'s epidermis has a selected value.
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