Patent ID: 6461348
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An energy supplying arrangement for use in energizing a trigger activated flash lamp to periodically produce a high energy light pulse of a sufficiently short duration to cause thermal-depilation when the energy supplying arrangement is employed in a photo-thermal epilation system wherein the light pulse is suitably delivered to the growth support tissue of a selected hair follicle, the energy supplying arrangement comprising:(a) a power supply module having an output capable of providing suitable energy during an interval between the production of a respective light pulse; and (b) an energy storage module coupled to the output of the power supply module to store energy supplied thereby, the energy storage module having an output with a characteristic impedance substantially matched to an input impedance of the flash lamp, the energy storage module structured to deliver a flattened and extended current pulse coupled from the output of the energy storage module to an energy input coupling to energize the flash lamp in order to produce the high energy light pulse when the flash lamp is triggered.