Dermatological treatment with visualization
First Claim
1. A handheld dermatological device, comprisinga housing capable of being manually manipulated to position a head portion thereof in proximity of a person'"'"'s skin surface,an illuminating source mounted to said housing for illuminating a target skin region,a solid state laser disposed in said housing for generating radiation,an optical system coupled to said laser for directing radiation from the laser to the target skin region,an image capture device mounted in said housing for generating an image of said illuminated target skin region,a display coupled to said housing and in communication with said image capture device to display said image, anda shield mounted to the head portion for shielding a portion of the skin surface through which said image capture device obtains the image of the target skin region from direct illumination by said illuminating source.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a handheld dermatological device for visualizing a skin treatment region prior to, during, or after therapeutic treatment with therapeutic energy. An apparatus according to the teachings of the invention can include an image capture device and a display device mounted to the apparatus and electrically coupled to the image capture device. The display device is capable of displaying images of the treatment area captured by the image capture device. The apparatus can further include a head capable of transmitting therapeutic energy to a treatment area, which can be precisely aligned by the user to a desired portion of the treatment area through the use of the display device. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include one or more illumination sources for illuminating a skin target region, and shield for shielding the image capture device from direct reflection of the illuminating radiation from a selected skin surface portion.
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18 Claims
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1. A handheld dermatological device, comprising
a housing capable of being manually manipulated to position a head portion thereof in proximity of a person'"'"'s skin surface, an illuminating source mounted to said housing for illuminating a target skin region, a solid state laser disposed in said housing for generating radiation, an optical system coupled to said laser for directing radiation from the laser to the target skin region, an image capture device mounted in said housing for generating an image of said illuminated target skin region, a display coupled to said housing and in communication with said image capture device to display said image, and a shield mounted to the head portion for shielding a portion of the skin surface through which said image capture device obtains the image of the target skin region from direct illumination by said illuminating source.
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8. A method of treating skin, comprising:
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applying treatment radiation generated by a solid state laser to selected vasculature located in a target skin region, illuminating indirectly said target skin region by radiation from at least one illumination source so as to avoid direct incidence of the radiation on at least a portion of the surface of said target skin region, generating an image of said target skin region, and displaying said image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A handheld dermatological device, comprising
a housing through which treatment energy can be applied to a person'"'"'s skin, two illumination sources capable of generating radiation having at least two different wavelengths, said sources being mounted to a head portion of said housing for illuminating a target skin region, a control for selectively activating said sources, an image capture device disposed in said housing for detecting at least a portion of radiation scattered by said target skin region in response to illumination by at least one of said sources, and a shield positioned in proximity of at least one of said illumination sources for shielding a selected skin surface segment from direct illumination by said source.
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