Patent ID: 7461982

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an illumination device having a proximal end and a distal end, the illumination device being capable of transmitting concentrated infrared electromagnetic energy and relatively less-concentrated visible electromagnetic energy from the proximal end to the distal end, whereby the less-concentrated visible electromagnetic energy is concentrically disposed around the concentrated infrared electromagnetic energy; a handpiece disposed at the distal end of the illumination device, the handpiece comprising (a) a treatment end connected to and disposed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the illumination device, (b) a tip ferrule insertable into the treatment end, the tip ferrule comprising a distal end, and (c) a fiber tip insertable into the tip ferrule, the fiber tip being capable of receiving electromagnetic energy from the distal end of the illumination device, the handpiece being capable of receiving the concentrated infrared and less-concentrated visible electromagnetic energies from the distal end of the illumination device and of directing the electromagnetic energy to a target; and a plurality of overlapping reflectors capable of directing electromagnetic energy from the distal end of the illumination device.