Patent ID: 9023021
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A dermatologic treatment device, the device comprising: a first light source having a plasma emitting a first pulse of optical radiation beneficial to a dermatologic treatment of a skin region; a second light source emitting a second pulse of optical radiation and being optically coupled to the first light source, the second pulse improving the efficiency of the first light source, thereby enhancing the brightness of at least part of the optical radiation in the first pulse, by impinging on the plasma of the first light source, wherein the light source is of a different type of light source from the second light source; a brightness-enhancing element disposed between the light sources and a contact element used to make contact with a skin surface, the brightness-enhancing element being spatially separated from the light sources and adapted to reflect certain wavelenghths of the optical radiation emitted by the light sources back to the light sources and to pass other wavelengths of the optical radiation emitted by the light sources towards the contact element; a replacement cartridge adapted for removable insertion into a handheld housing, the removable replacement cartridge containing the first and second light sources and the brightness-enhancing element, the removable replacement cartridge facilitating removal of the light sources and the brightness-enhancing element together as a unit when the replacement cartridge is removed from the handheld housing; and a timing circuit adapted to energize the first and second light sources to at least partially overlap emission of the first and second pulses.