Patent ID: 6530920
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A cooling head for a skin treatment laser, the cooling head comprisinga metal or other thermally conductive body having a mount disposed at one end for attachment to a laser head to secure the body relative to the head in a fixed position; a cooling surface at the other end for application to a patient's skin and having a aperture therethrough; a bore extending from the mount through the body to the aperture in the cooling surface through respective open ends to allow a laser beam to be passed therethrough to a treatment area of the patient's skin; an extraction port for enabling removal of debris from the treatment area and for connection to a vacuum source; and an optically transparent window disposed in the body to allow the treatment area at the aperture in the cooling surface to be viewed by a surgeon using the laser; and a cooling means provided in or on the body to enable heat removal from the body in use in order to cool the cooling surface.