Patent ID: 11896841
Assignee: QUANTA SYSTEM S.P.A.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method for automatically terminating a photo-thermal treatment protocol using a photo-thermal targeted treatment system, the method comprising:
defining a set of parameters for a series of light pulses to be generated by a laser, the set of parameters including a preset power level, preset pulse length, a preset interval between consecutive pulses, and a number of light pulses;
administering a pre-conditioning procedure for preheating a treatment area by generating a series of light pulses to the treatment area;
administering the photo-thermal treatment protocol to the treatment area by generating a second series of light pulses to the treatment area in a scanned fashion over a preset area, wherein each pulse of said second series of light pulses comprise a flat top pulse, and wherein the pre-conditioning procedure and the photo-thermal treatment procedure are both administered using the laser, without changing the preset power level and the preset interval between consecutive pulses;
cooling the treatment area during the photo-thermal treatment protocol using a cooling unit;
during administration of the treatment protocol at the treatment area, monitoring a skin surface temperature at the treatment area; and
when the skin surface temperature reaches a preset threshold, automatically terminating the photo-thermal treatment protocol.