Patent №
US 7,942,916
Granted
2011-05-17
Filed 2006
Owner
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
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hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11607551
Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclosed for using a topical substance to detect contact of a phototreatment device with a tissue, detect speed of a phototreatment device over the tissue, detect regions of tissue that have been treated by a phototreatment device and/or to provide other benefits to the tissue such as improved skin tone and texture, tanning, etc. Safety systems are also disclosed that ensure that a proper consumable substance and/or container is connected to a phototreatment device and/or directed to a proper target. Additionally, cooling systems and methods that utilize phase change materials for extracting heat from a light generating device are disclosed.
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Ownership
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 186640234
Assignors
ALTSHULER, GREGORY B., YAROSLAVSKY, ILYA, BURKE, III, JAMES, EROFEEV, ANDREI V., ZENZIE, HENRY, LOPEZ, ROBERT R., GAAL, CHRISTOPHER
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