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Patent US7981111 - Method and apparatus for the treatment of benign pigmented lesions - Google Patents
Disclosed is an apparatus and method which employs an energy source, one or more switches, electronic control circuitry, and a surface that can be placed in contact with a region of a person's skin containing a benign pigmented lesion. Within the apparatus, electrical current is passed through a heating...http://www.google.com/patents/US7981111?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7981111 - Method and apparatus for the treatment of benign pigmented lesions
Publication number US7981111 B2
Application number US 10/787,969
Also published as US20040167592, WO2004075976A2, WO2004075976A3
Publication number 10787969, 787969, US 7981111 B2, US 7981111B2, US-B2-7981111, US7981111 B2, US7981111B2
Inventors Robert E. Grove, Mark V. Weckwerth, Tobin C. Island
Original Assignee Tria Beauty, Inc.
Patent Citations (212), Non-Patent Citations (70), Referenced by (6), Classifications (22), Legal Events (8)
Method and apparatus for the treatment of benign pigmented lesions
US 7981111 B2
such that the one and only one energy-transferring contact is used for both (a) heating the skin during the thermal pulse, via the thermal coupling of the ohmic heating element with the energy-transferring contact, and (b) cooling the skin at least one of before and after the thermal pulse, via the thermal coupling of the cooling element with the energy-transferring contact.
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International Classification A61B17/00, A61B18/00, A61B18/22, A61B19/00, A61B18/20, A61B18/08
Cooperative Classification A61B2018/00476, A61B2017/00061, A61B2017/00057, A61B2090/065, A61B2017/00066, A61B18/203, A61B2018/00452, A61B2018/2261, A61B2018/00005, A61B18/082, A61B2017/00734, A61B2017/00172
European Classification A61B18/08B, A61B18/20H
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