42 results about "Tattoo removal" patented technology

A method, device, and system for modifying or destroying selected tissue, by selecting an area of tissue for treatment, collecting the area between a plurality of energy transmitting elements, applying an electric current and / or electromagnetic radiation between the energy transmitting elements, and applying the electric current and / or electromagnetic radiation until, for example, the cells are modified or destroyed. Cooling may be applied to prevent unwanted modification. Conducting mediums may be applied to control tissue modification. Embodiments of the present invention may be used for treatment of fat cells, acne, lesions, tattoo removals etc.

Composition of methods and devices for surface plasmon resonance-enhanced medical and cosmetic procedures are disclosed. The invention relates to the use of a nonlinear surface plasmon resonance generation source and metal nanoparticles embedded to a body to enhance medical and cosmetic procedures in the body. The methods and devices in this invention can be applied for very effective three-dimensionally localized body surgery, tattoo removal, skin pigmentation removal, hair removal, drug delivery, photodynamic therapy, thrombosis, lithotripsy and cosmetic body treatment. The present invention relates also to a method of making temporary, semi-permanent and permanent tattoos with surface plasmon resonance technique.

The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for noninvasive and minimally-invasive treatment of skin and subcutaneous tissues with ultrasound with or without nano- or microparticles. The treatment includes, but is not limited to, hair removal, skin rejuvenation (wrinkle removal), scar removal, treatment of spider veins and varicose veins, removal of birthmarks, acne treatment, wound treatment, abnormal pigmentation and stretch mark removal, abnormal tissues in skin and subcutaneous layers, and tattoo removal. Skin and subcutaneous tissues which can be treated with the methods described include, but are not limited to, the dermis, epidermis, subcutaneous fat, connective tissue, muscle tissue, blood vessels, scar tissues, tendons, and cartilage tissues, and abnormal tissues in skin and subcutaneous layers. The disclosure is especially applicable to hair removal and skin rejuvenation.

A system and method for providing multi-photon processing treatment to a patient. A localized, multi-photon processing event is initiated within a vicinity of an unwanted pigment in order to remove the pigment. The multi-photon processing event requires a relatively low energy, but very intense, pulse of light. The low amount of energy per pulse allows ablation of the material to be highly localized, with negligible thermal damage to surrounding material. The multi-photon event may be initiated by focusing a suitable electromagnetic pulse, such as a 2 mJ laser pulse having a 100 to 300 femtoseconds pulse duration, into a focal volume small enough that the intensity exceeds 1011 Watts / cm2. A suitably configured Ti:Sapphire solid state laser may provide such pulses at 1-10 kHz. By repeating the multi-photon processing event along the location of a tattoo, the tattoo may be removed with no damage to the surrounding tissue.

Described is a system and associated materials and methods for delivering a fluid to a subject's skin, e.g., for tattoo removal. In one embodiment, the fluid is provided in a continuous flow by associating the fluid with a pump. In another embodiment, a disposable template is provided that allows for precise and ideal placement of eschar-inducing material fluid for, for example, tattoo removal.

A treatment system and method includes use of a chemical facilitator to provide a result-effective event against one or more negative therapeutic effects related to exposing to a light output a skin portion including a condition treatable in whole or in part with light. In one exemplary embodiment for skin treatment including tattoo removal, perfluorodecalin is used to inhibit or resolve whitening, for example to speed a laser therapy session.

A treatment regimen for treating skin subject to tattoo removal procedures involves the application of supplemental composition(s) such as preparatory composition(s), protective composition(s), and combinations thereof, and a corrective composition.

A method of tattooing includes removing substantially an epidermis cell layer, without substantially removing a corresponding basal cell layer, at a skin area where a tattoo is desired. A tattoo is applied on or near the basal cell layer of the skin area. Ink from the tattoo has an enhanced tendency to migrate into a dermis layer of the skin area due to the removing of the epidermis cell layer and applying of the tattoo instead to the basal cell layer.

A system and method for providing multi-photon processing treatment to a patient. A localized, multi-photon processing event is initiated within a vicinity of an unwanted pigment in order to remove the pigment. The multi-photon processing event requires a relatively low energy, but very intense, pulse of light. The low amount of energy per pulse allows ablation of the material to be highly localized, with negligible thermal damage to surrounding material. The multi-photon event may be initiated by focusing a suitable electromagnetic pulse, such as a 2 mJ laser pulse having a 100 to 300 femtoseconds pulse duration, into a focal volume small enough that the intensity exceeds 1011 Watts / cm2. A suitably configured Ti:Sapphire solid state laser may provide such pulses at 1-10 kHz. By repeating the multi-photon processing event along the location of a tattoo, the tattoo may be removed with no damage to the surrounding tissue.

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that removing exogenous particles from a target region of the skin of a patient. The systems and methods can employ dermal lavage to remove the exogenous particles from the target region. In some instances, the exogenous particles can be residual tattoo ink after a tattoo removal process. A conduit can be sized and dimensioned for insertion into or around the target region to inject an irrigation fluid that defines an irrigation area. The exogenous particles can be suspended in the irrigation fluid. A device can be configured to form one or more channels in the irrigation area so that the exogenous particles are removable from the irrigation area.

A device for removing tattoos is provided having ultra bright LEDs in a tight array to concentrate the output energy toward a skin area containing a tattoo. The output energy, such as, for a red color ultra bright LED, will be about 88 joules per square inch. The amount of energy emitted into the tattoo will penetrate the epidermis and into the dermis in which the tattoo is situated.A method of removing tattoos using an optical device is provided that has a panel which houses a plurality of ultra bright LEDs. The ultra bright LEDs clusters are configured to penetrate the outer skin layer epidermis without damaging the skin by overheating and enter the next layer of skin, the dermis, to destroy the ink for effective tattoo removal.

A method of treating mammalian tissue generates a first output beam of laser radiation of about 755 nm using an alexandrite laser. The first output beam is directed to a delivery device for directing a system output beam of laser radiation to a target region of mammalian tissue for non-therapeutic hair removal or tattoo removal. A second solid-state laser mounted on a translation stage is positioned into the path of the first output beam. The second output beam is directed to the delivery device for directing the target output beam to the target region of mammalian tissue for hair removal or tattoo removal, wherein long-pulse alexandrite and neodymium lasers are used for hair removal, and q-switched versions of these lasers are used for tattoo removal.

An image processing system comprising: a computer readable medium and at least one processor configured to provide a machine learning architecture for image processing. In particular, keyframes are selected for modification by a visual artist, and the modifications are used for training the machine learning architecture. The modifications are then automatically propagated to remaining frames requiring modification through interpolation or extrapolation through processing remaining frames through the trained machine learning architecture. The generated modified frames or frame portions can then be inserted into an original video to generate a modified video where the modifications have been propagated. Example usages include automatic computational approaches for aging / de-aging and addition / removal of tattoos or other visual effects.

A method for removing tattoos using two laser beams and a multi-photon process is disclosed. A 0.1 to 100 nsec pulse secondary laser beam focused to 108 W / cm2 creates a temporary channel from the skin surface to the tattoo pigment. A 100 fsec pulse main laser beam is then guided through the channel to the pigment and focused to sufficient intensity, i.e., 1012 W / cm2 or more, to initiate a multi-photon process that breaks up the pigment, disrupting its light reflecting properties. The channel allows the main laser beam unobstructed passage to the pigments, resulting in efficient use of the main laser. The pigment fragments escape through the temporary channel or diffuse into the blood stream. A suitably configured Ti / Sapphire laser beam is split into two components, with an uncompressed component used as the secondary laser beam, and a compressed component as the main laser beam.

A laser with a wide continuous wavelength tuning range is desirable for optimized selective photothermolysis (SP) laser surgeries that treat light-absorptive lesions and unwanted pigments in human tissue with minimal collateral damages. However, current SP laser surgical systems are limited to a few lasing lines including 1024 nm by Nd:YAG, 755 nm by Alexandrite, 694 nm by Ruby, and 532 nm by second harmonic generation of 1064 nm. This invention discloses techniques to implement a high power, tunable optical parametric oscillator (OPO) system for demanding SP applications such as laser tattoo removal. In addition to wavelength tuning, the OPO laser system's output pulse energy, pulse duration, and pulse-train duration are also adjustable by tuning the pump laser pulse energy, pump laser pulse duration, and pump laser pulse-train duration for optimizing SP laser surgical outcomes.

Methods and apparatus for dermatological laser treatment, e.g. for the removal of unwanted tattoos or other skin pigmentation. Removal of multiple colours with a single pulsed laser beam may be achieved using intensities in excess of about 50 GW / cm2. Methods for reducing the pain and tissue damage associated with laser tattoo removal include using a spot size of less than 2 mm with a fluence in the range 0.5-10 J / cm2. Scanning the laser beam over an area of skin to be treated allows such areas to be treated accurately with scanning patterns calculated to promote rapid dissipation of heat awayfrom treated portions of the skin. Multiple treatment rooms may be served by a single pulsed treatment laser by beam toggling, splitting or pulse-picking to minimise downtime of the laser.

A spectroscopic diagnostic apparatus is disclosed as an aid for laser tattoo removal. The apparatus performs spectroscopic analysis of the tattooed skin before or during laser treatment, which provides composition information of the tattoo pigments and photometric information of the skin for optimizing laser treatment protocols automatically or manually. It also provides a simulated treatment result for the selected laser types.

The use of an iontophoresis electrode assembly for delivery of a drug formulation is described. The drug formulation includes an anaesthetic and a vasoconstrictor. It is administered to a patient prior to a procedure to produce clinically acceptable depth and duration of dermal anaesthesia at the portion of skin to subject to a painful procedure or to reduce or eliminate pain. The procedure is one selected from the group consisting of venipuncture, IV cannulation, needle aspirations, body piercings, blood donations, electrolysis, tattoo removal, tattoo application, injections, dermabrasion, skin peeling, high velocity particle ablation, pace maker implantation, pace maker replacement, epidural puncture, lumbar puncture, regional nerve blocks, skin harvesting, small skin incisions, skin biopsies, circumcisions or excisions. The iontophoresis electrode assembly may also be used to reduce or temporarily eliminate neuropathic pain.