×

Method and apparatus for the selective targeting of lipid-rich tissues

  • US 6,605,080 B1
  • Filed: 03/26/1999
  • Issued: 08/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. Apparatus for selectively targeting lipid-rich tissue to effect a desired treatment, said apparatus comprising:

  • a source of radiation at a wavelength for which absorption coefficients for fat and water have a ratio which is at least 0.5, said source when energized, providing the radiation at a fluence and for a duration sufficient for the desired treatment; and

    a component which delivers the energy from said source to the lipid-rich tissue to be treated;

    wherein said wavelength is in a band 1700 to 1730 nm; and

    wherein said source is a potassium cadmium laser with a matrix KCd(WO4)2 which is doped with Er3+ions.

View all claims
  • 4 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×