Patent ID: 7041094
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A skin treatment device, comprising: a body having a first planar surface which is adapted to be placed against a patient's skin, the first planar surface includes a first area, and includes a second area which defines an aperture adjacent the first area; a cooling element disposed in the body, said cooling element operating to cool the first area; and a radiation source disposed in the body, the radiation source positioned to emit radiation through the aperture, whereby radiation energy is applied to the patient's skin; wherein said radiation source comprises an optical chamber configured to emit radiation through said aperture, and an optical fiber entrance in which an optical fiber can be housed to permit tissue-damaging radiation to pass from the optical fiber into the optical chamber, a window being disposed in said optical chamber such that tissue damaging radiation is transmitted through the window prior to being transmitted through the aperture; wherein the optical chamber comprises light-reflecting walls which help to equalize the fluence of radiation passing through the aperture.