METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT

Abstract: an apparatus for directing optical energy onto a sample, including: a difference frequency generation (dfg) laser apparatus; a handpiece optically coupled to at least a portion of the dfg laser apparatus by an optical fiber arrangement; and a controller in operative communication with the dfg laser apparatus and the handpiece, wherein the dfg laser apparatus is configured to generate both ablative and nonablative optical energy, and wherein the handpiece includes at least one of an optical or a micromechanical element configured to generate a first pulse and a second pulse of optical energy, wherein a first amount of at least one of ablative optical energy or nonablative optical energy in the first pulse is different from a second amount of at least one of ablative optical energy or nonablative optical energy in the second pulse, and wherein the controller is configured to direct the first pulse and the second pulse onto a particular location on the sample using the handpiece.

Inventor(s): Dieter Manstein, Michael Wang-Evers

CPC Classification: A61B18/203 (using laser)

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