Patent ID: 6383177
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A handpiece for an apparatus for tissue treatment, comprising:an output for emission of a first light beam towards a target area of tissue to be treated; a cooling member adapted to be positioned at the target area for cooling of tissue at the target area, said cooling member being at least partly transparent to the first light beam; an input adapted to receive a first beam-outlet end of a first optical fiber for alignment of the first optical fiber with an axis of the handpiece so that a first light beam emitted from the first beam-outlet end is transmitted substantially along the axis; an output for emission of the deflected first light beam towards the target area of tissue to be treated; detector means for detecting the type of tissue at the target area; first light beam control means for controlling parameters of the first light beam emitted towards the target area in response to the detected type of tissue, whereby various types of tissue can automatically be treated differently; and first movable deflection means for variable deflection of the first light beam emitted from the beam-outlet end, said first movable deflection means comprising a first mirror that is rotatable around a first axis.