Patent ID: 8480719

Claim:
A method for treating selective tissue of a patient, the method comprising: generating a pulsed laser beam from a pulsed laser source; conveying the pulsed laser beam through an optical fiber into a focusing tip; and applying the focusing tip onto the skin of a patient in order to focus the pulsed laser beam in the targeted tissue with a spot having a radius r; the pulsed laser beam having a peak intensity fluence (PIF) of 0.1 to 1.0 (J/cm 3 ) 2 to the tissue, the peak intensity fluence defined by: P ⁢ ⁢ I ⁢ ⁢ F = I p · τ on · E 10 · ⁢ r 3 · α · τ off ( τ on + τ off ) where I p is peak intensity of a pulse of the pulsed laser beam, E is energy of the pulse, τ on is duration of the pulse, τ off is duration between pulses, and α is water absorption coefficient (cm −1 ) at a wavelength λ of the pulsed laser beam.