摘要 |
A cooling handpiece (100), and method for use in therapeutic, cosmetic or aesthetic, diagnostic, exploratory, intervention or other medical procedures; and the handpiece for use in conjunction with a controllable energy source such as coherent light, non-coherent light or laser light, ultrasound energy, radio frequency energy, other types of electromagnetic, and mechanical energy; the hand piece (100) comprising a main body portion adapted for directing the energy to target tissue, the main body portion further adapted for receiving a removable reservoir containing coolant fluid, the reservoir (101) having an attachment means (98) for releasable attachment of the reservoir (101) to the handpiece (100), and the handpiece (100) having a controllable valve (208) for delivery of a portion of the coolant fluid to the target tissue.
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