Patent ID: 7101365

Claim:
A laser system for treating features on the skin of a patient with laser light comprising: an imaging subsystem comprising: at least one photosensitive surface; an objective lens system having a focal point and optic axis; a motor or actuator that rotates the objective lens system about an axis that intersects the optic axis so that the focal point moves back and forth with an oscillatory motion along a planar are to scan a region of the skin; an ocular lens system that uses light from the objective lens system to image sub-regions of the scanned region on the at least one photosurface; and a controller configured to automatically determine, responsive to the images, if a sub-region comprises a feature on the skin to be treated and if so, a location of the feature in the region; a laser; and laser optics that focuses light from the laser onto a feature located by the imaging subsystem; wherein the controller, controls the laser to radiate a pulse of laser light that is focused by the laser optics to a spot localized about the feature.