发明名称 |
Picosecond laser apparatus and methods for its operation and use |
摘要 |
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for applying laser energy having desired pulse characteristics, including a sufficiently short duration and/or a sufficiently high energy for the photomechanical treatment of skin pigmentations and pigmented lesions, both naturally-occurring (e.g., birthmarks), as well as artificial (e.g., tattoos). The laser energy may be generated with an apparatus having a resonator with the capability of switching between a modelocked pulse operating mode and an amplification operating mode. The operating modes are carried out through the application of a time-dependent bias voltage, having waveforms as described herein, to an electro-optical device (e.g., a Pockels cell) positioned along the optical axis of the resonator. |
申请公布号 |
US9028536(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.05.12 |
申请号 |
US200912534379 |
申请日期 |
2009.08.03 |
申请人 |
Cynosure, Inc. |
发明人 |
Sierra Rafael Armando;Mirkov Mirko;Welches Richard Shaun |
分类号 |
A61N5/067;H01S3/107;A61B18/20;H01S3/11;H01S3/115;A61B17/00;A61B18/00;G02F1/03 |
主分类号 |
A61N5/067 |
代理机构 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
代理人 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
主权项 |
1. A method for treating a skin pigmentation, the method comprising generating pulsed laser energy by
a) reflecting laser energy generated by a lasing medium between a first mirror at one end of a resonator and a second mirror at the opposite end of said resonator and through a polarizer and one or additional electro-optical devices within said resonator and generating a modelocked pulse within the resonator by applying a periodic voltage waveform to the one or additional electro-optical devices; and (b) then amplifying the modelocked pulse by applying to said one or additional electro-optical devices a first constant voltage and maintaining an effective reflectivity of the second mirror at substantially 100%; and (c) then extracting the amplified modelocked pulse from the resonator, and exposing pigmented skin of a patient to the pulsed laser energy. |
地址 |
Westford MA US |