Method and apparatus for therapeutic electromagnetic treatment

• US 5,720,772 A
• Filed: 07/27/1995
• Issued: 02/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lumenis Limited (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ESC Medical Systems, Ltd (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Eckhouse, Shimon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bahr, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK
• Application Number:
  US08/508,129
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 607/88, 607/89, 607/90, 607/91, 607/92, 607/93, 607/94, 606/2, 606/3, 606/9, 606/10, 606/11, 606/12, 606/13, 606/17, 606/18, 606/19
• US Class Current: 607/88
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/203 applying laser energy to the outside of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00057 Light
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00172 Pulse trains, bursts, intermittent continuous operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00747 Dermatology
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00756 Port wine stains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00011 with fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00029 open
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00452 Skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1807 using light other than laser radiation

Abstract

The invention relates to a therapeutic treatment device having a light source controlled by a microprocessor that can receive parameters for treatment that can hold treatment parameters and information about the patient, including a photograph of the patient either before or after treatment. The device may also display temperature distributions in the patient'"'"'s tissue or blood vessels.

Claims

1. A therapeutic treatment device comprising:

a light source operable to provide an incoherent pulsed light output for treatment, wherein the source includes control inputs;

a microprocessor having control outputs connected to the control inputs of the source, display outputs and an input interface;

a display connected to the microprocessor display outputs;

a user interface connected to the input interface;

wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive input parameters related to the treatment and is operable to provide output parameters related to the treatment; and

means for causing the display to display the output parameters, wherein the microprocessor is operable to store information about the patient being treated in a database and wherein the patient information stored in the database includes a visual image of the patient'"'"'s condition.

2. The therapeutic treatment device of claim 1, wherein the patient information includes a photograph of the patient'"'"'s condition prior to treatment.

3. The therapeutic treatment device of claim 1, wherein the patient information includes a photograph of the patient'"'"'s condition after treatment.