Optical Array for Treating Biological Tissue

摘要

Skin can be treated by penetrating an epidermis of the skin with a plurality of waveguides. Each waveguide has an end, which is positioned within a dermis of the skin. Electromagnetic radiation can be delivered through the plurality of waveguides to the dermis having a port wine stain for a time sufficient to selectively destroy a cutaneous blood vessel within the port wine stain. The time is less than a thermal diffusion time between the epidermis and the dermis to prevent forming substantial unwanted thermal injury within the epidermis.