Method and apparatus for EMR treatment
First Claim
1. A method of treating a subject'"'"'s skin, comprising applying treatment radiation to the skin so as to generate, following the application of the radiation, a plurality of treatment portions within a volume of the skin such that each treatment portion is separated from another treatment portion by an untreated portion of the volume, wherein said treatment portions comprise a fraction of said volume in a range of about 1% to about 50%.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for performing a therapeutic treatment on a patient'"'"'s skin by concentrating applied radiation of at least one selected wavelength at a plurality of selected, three-dimensionally located, treatment portions, which treatment portions are within non-treatment portions. The ratio of treatment portions to the total volume may vary from 0.1% to 90%, but is preferably less than 50%. Various techniques, including wavelength, may be utilized to control the depth to which radiation is concentrated and suitable optical systems may be provided to concentrate applied radiation in parallel or in series for selected combinations of one or more treatment portions.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of treating a subject'"'"'s skin, comprising
applying treatment radiation to the skin so as to generate, following the application of the radiation, a plurality of treatment portions within a volume of the skin such that each treatment portion is separated from another treatment portion by an untreated portion of the volume, wherein said treatment portions comprise a fraction of said volume in a range of about 1% to about 50%.
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7. A method for dermatological treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, comprising
concentrating treatment radiation onto a plurality of columnar segments within a volume of the skin such that following application of the radiation each columnar segment corresponds to a treatment portion separated from another treatment portion by an untreated portion of said volume.
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14-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A method for dermatological treatment of a patient'"'"'s skin, comprising
applying radiation to the skin so as to generate, following application of the radiation, a plurality of periodically located three-dimensional treatment portions within a volume of the skin such that each treatment portion is separated from another treatment portion by an untreated portion of the volume.
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19-43. -43. (canceled)
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