Patent ID: 8672987
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. Handpiece for a skin phototreatment device, which piece is formed by a shell having a handle, which is connected to a bundle of power supply cables and liquid coolant tubes, and a head, which receives a cartridge provided with a controlled light source and with a light guide fed by the light source, the light guide having an outlet surface which constitutes an emission surface of light towards the surface of skin to be treated, characterised in that the handpiece comprises an open housing defined by the shell and located below the cartridge and which is provided with guide means including a guide surface and retractable clip-fit elements, and an interchangeable optical unit which carries the light guide and is engaged in a removable manner in the housing, the interchangeable optical unit having a casing which receives the light guide and is provided with guide and clip-fit surfaces for cooperation with the guide means and the retractable clip-fit elements of the housing for releasably receiving the interchangeable optical unit in the housing.