Intense pulse light device having individual rotational light filters therein

• US 7,578,604 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2004
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Young-Su Lee
• Original Assignee: Young-Su Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Young-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong; Bao Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALLEN, DANIELLE NICOLE
• Application Number:
  US10/590,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20080225524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,971 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 362/294
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/203 applying laser energy to the outside of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00452 Skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1807 using light other than laser radiation

Abstract

Disclosed is an intense pulse light device, in which plural divided light filters coated with individually different materials are rotatably and uniformly aligned around a reflection mirror in order to selectively filter lights according to wavelengths thereof, so that it is not necessary to exchange a handle body or filters, thereby improving convenience of use for the IPL device, and in which the loose contact of power lines and signal lines, leakage of cooling water, and penetration of impurities can be prevented, thereby improving reliability of IPL device. A semicircular reflection mirror aligned around a flash lamp installed in a body and a light filter section is aligned around the reflection mirror while forming a predetermined space therebetween. The light filter section is uniformly divided into two or four light filters so as to increase selectivity for the light radiated from flash lamp. The light filter section is fabricated by uniformly dividing a circular pipe made from glass, quartz or sapphire into plural pipe sections, coating the plural pipe sections with individually different materials in such a manner that only light having a predetermined wavelength passes therethrough, and bonding the plural pipe sections to each other.

Claims

1. An intense pulse light device comprising:

a body;

a flash lamp having a pipe shape and being installed in the body;

a cooling water circulation pipe aligned around the flash lamp;

a semicircular reflection mirror aligned at an outer portion of the cooling water circulation pipe;

an optical tube assembly installed in the body in order to emit light radiated from the flash lamp to an exterior; and

a light filter section aligned around the reflection mirror while forming a predetermined space therebetween;

wherein the flash lamp and the light filter section are relatively rotatable.

2. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light filter section is uniformly divided into plural light filters so as to increase selectivity for the light radiated from the flash lamp.

3. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light filter section is rotatably with respect to the flash lamp and is uniformly divided into two light filters.

4. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light filter section is rotatably with rospoct to tho flash lamp and is uniformly divided into four light filters.

5. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the light filter section comprises a uniformly divided circular pipe defining a plurality of pipe sections, each of the pipe sections are coated with individually different materials in such a manner that only light having a predetermined wavelength passes therethrough.

6. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the light filter section comprises a uniformly divided circular pipe defining a plurality of pipe sections, each of the plural pipe sections are coated with individually different materials in such a manner that only light having a predetermined wavelength passes therethrough.

7. The intense pulse light device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a rotating stick operatively associated with the light filter section.