100 results about "Intense pulsed light" patented technology

An apparatus enabling a casual user in a residential set-up to perform himself almost every skin treatment procedure by using a variety of modules that may be inserted into an infrastructure frame. The apparatus presents a docking station and an applicator. The applicator simultaneously receives only two types of skin treatment modules, these may be replaced after use for modules providing a different type of skin treatment. Such skin treatment modules like epilator, shaver, exfoliation or abrasive module, suction head, and massage head apply a mechanical action to the skin. Ultrasound module applies ultrasound waves to the skin. Intense pulsed light and RF apply electromagnetic radiation to the skin. A combination of these modules may be used to provide a variety of skin treatments such as hair removal, skin rejuvenation, skin exfoliation, acne treatment, circumference reduction, and other skin treatments.

The present invention is a method for promoting faster wound healing and alleviating pain during and after various dermatology-related treatments. The method comprises using low level laser therapy in conjunction with dermatological treatments including intense pulsed light, radio frequency, dermabrasion, microdermabrasion, chemabrasion, chemical peels, ablative lasers, and cryogenics.

A light source apparatus including light spectrum-converting materials that emit light primarily over large portions of the 360 nm-480 nm and the 590-860 nm spectral range is provided. This apparatus provides a cooled, high-luminance, high-efficiency light source that can provide a broader spectrum of light within these spectral ranges than has been cost-practical by using many different dominant peak emission LEDs. Up to 15% of the output radiant power may be in the spectral range 350-480 nm in one embodiment of this device, unless a specific separate source and lamp operating mode is provided for the violet and UV. Control methods for light exposure dose based on monitoring and controlling reflected or backscattered light from the illuminated surface and new heat management methods are also provided. This flexible or rigid light source may be designed into a wide range of sizes or shapes that can be adjusted to fit over or around portions of the bodies of humans or animals being treated, or mounted in such a way as to provide the special spectrum light to other materials or biological processes. This new light source can be designed to provide a cost-effective therapeutic light source for photodynamic therapy, intense pulsed light, for low light level therapy, diagnostics, medical and other biological applications as well as certain non-organic applications.

Combination therapies for reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on aged skin or non-precancerous, normal photodamaged section of skin, in a patient not being treated for viral infection or skin cancer comprising (i) topical application of an imidazoquinoline amine derivative in a dermatologically-acceptable carrier in further combination with one or more cosmetic treatments selected from the group consisting of: (i) Light Emitting Diode (L.E.D.) Light Therapy; (ii) Intense Pulsed Light (I.P.L.) Therapy; (iii) laser skin resurfacing; (iv) mechanical exfoliation; (v) superficial, medium depth or deep chemical peels; (vi) radiofrequency treatment; (vii) ultrasound treatment; (viii) intradermal and intraepidermal injections with hyaluronic acid and derivatives thereof; and (ix) cryosurgery.

A new configuration of intense pulsed light (IPL) equipment includes a handpiece that allows the application of IPL directly to the eye and eyelid. The handpiece is sized and configured for precise digital manipulation. The invention also includes a distance guide for maintaining precise distances between the area to be treated and a crystal mounted in the handpiece. Eye shields protect the cornea and surrounding sclera during application of IPL.

The invention discloses a light illuminating device for killing insects or/and interfering with the insects, which comprises at least one light-emitting diode; and the light-emitting diode can generate more than one kind of nonparallel concentrated light concentrated in a narrow band spectrum with a pulse width, wherein the wavelength of the concentrated light is between 584 and 618nm, the frequency is between 514 and 485THz, and the light dispersion angle is within 45 degrees. Moreover, the invention also discloses a light illuminating system for killing the insects or/and interfering with the insects by utilizing the light illuminating device, which is provided with a driver to drive the light illuminating device to generate concentrated intense pulsed light. The invention also disclosesa method for killing the insects or /and interfering with the insects, which utilizes the light illuminating device and the light illuminating system for killing the insects or/and interfering with the insects to generate discontinuous nonparallel concentrated intense pulsed light to effectively kill, interfere with or dispel the insects.

A valuable paper validator for use in a vending (coin change) machine is disclosed to include a delivery unit for delivering a valuable paper through a delivery path, a LED package having multiple LED chips spaced above the delivery path and controllable to emit different wavelengths of intense pulsed light, a collimator lens for collimating light passing from the LED package through the valuable paper, a photodiode spaced below the delivery path for collecting light passed through the valuable paper for verifying the authenticity of the valuable paper, and a condensing lens for focusing different wavelengths of light passed through the valuable paper onto the photodiode.

The invention discloses a light amplification type three-dimensional imaging method and a system. A first output of a sequence scheduling control module controls a pulsed laser to emit intense pulsed lights; the intense pulsed lights irradiate at an object to be tested after penetrating through a beam expanding system; returned signal lights enter into a light amplification module for amplifying after penetrating through an imaging system; after the amplified lights are split, part of lights are received by a first vidicon after penetrating through a gainmodulation receiver, and the other parts of lights are received by a second vidicon; and the other three routes of the sequence scheduling control module respectively control the light amplification module, the gainmodulation receiver and an image processing module. Images obtained by the two vidicons are processed by the image processing module, and the distances from each pixel point of the image to the object are worked out to obtain the three-dimensional image of the object. Under the conditions that the light source power and the gate time are not changed, the invention can reduce the influence of random shot noise to signal lights and improve the precision of ranging.

The invention discloses a processing method of instant Chinese-chestnut. The method comprises steps of pretreating raw materials, dipping with plant preserving liquid, rinsing, freezing rapidly, cooking, packaging and sterilizing by intense pulsed light. According to the processing method, the extract of natural plant raw materials is used to dip the Chinese chestnut kernel. By the natural sterilizing, disinfecting microbe-inhibiting effective components of the traditional Chinese medicines, preservation of the Chinese chestnut kernel is achieved, and the fragrance and tissue state of the Chinese chestnut kernel are preserved. The instant Chinese chestnut has a characteristic of long preservation time. The natural light fragrance of the Chinese chestnut is enhanced and the instant Chinese chestnut has a unique flavor. Chinese wolfberry, propolis, and other natural plant components increase the nutrition healthcare value. The processing process of the product is free of other antiseptics or chemical additives. The instant Chinese chestnut is a green and convenient leisure food.

The invention discloses a method for measuring material nonlinearity based on phase object single-pulse reflection. Incident laser is divided into two beams through a first beam splitter: one beam of light is detecting light recorded by a first detector; the other beam of light passes through the phase object and then is focused on sample to be measured by lens; the intense pulsed light reflected from the surface of the sample to be measured is divided into two beams by a second beam splitter: one beam of light is directly recorded by a second detector; while the other beam of light enters a third detector through a small-holed aperture slot of which the center is coincident with the optical axis. The invention discloses a new method for measuring the optical nonlinearity of medium surface, which realizes the measurement of coefficient of nonlinear refraction and absorption, and can be widely applied in the research field of media interface nonlinear optical measurement and thin-film nonlinear optical measurement.

An Intense Pulsed Light apparatus for cosmetic or therapeutic treatment of the skin having a light source is provided with a light guide having an entry face in a rigid light guide component and an exit face in a flexible light guide component adapted to conform to highly curved parts of the body of a patient.

The invention discloses a method for measuring response time of a photoelectric measurement instrument, comprising the steps of: firstly, modulating a light source to obtain intense pulsed light used for measurement, and selecting modulating pulse width according to the characteristic difference of a measurement instrument; setting the measurement instrument into a response time measurement mode, and starting to measure; when light intensity to be measured reaches a trigger level, outputting a single level pulse to an oscilloscope by the measurement instrument, outputting a pulse by a photoelectric diode to the oscilloscope, and measuring the time difference of the two paths of pulses, wherein the time difference can be used as the response time of the photoelectric measurement instrument. In the invention, the measurement response time of the instrument is obtained by comparing the level pulse output by the photoelectric measurement instrument with the reference pulse output by the photoelectric diode, and the advantages of convenience, rapidness and high precision are achieved.

The invention relates to music intense pulsed light auditory meatus depression therapeutic equipment, in particular a music modulated intense pulsed light auditory meatus depression therapeutic equipment. The intensity or/and color of the light-emitting diode (LED) color-change auditory meatus light is modulated or not modulated according to the amplitude of music synchronous with the heart rate, the light is used for irradiating auditory meatus most close to the brain, and bright light is directly transmitted to a photosensitive area of the brain to activate the brain function, improve the secretion of a neurotransmitter and effectively relieve depression depressive symptoms; meanwhile, an LED color-change lighting lamp irradiates a human body and skin, passes through retina, and acts on the brain to improve the therapeutic effect of irradiation; and by combining speed-change music listening, music current, electric field therapy and transcranial music magnetic stimulation therapy, the equipment realizes omnibearing therapy synchronous with the heart rate to fulfill the aim of treating depression.

The invention provides an IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) depilator, comprising a skin color detection module, a mainboard, a light radiation source and a light guide portion, wherein the light radiation source and the light guide portion are electrically connected with the mainboard, the light guide portion is arranged to distribute given light pulses in a skin region, the mainboard is provided with a singlechip which is electrically connected with the light guide portion, the skin color detection module is electrically connected with the singlechip, and is arranged to acquire a skin color Lab value and sends the Lab value to the singlechip, the singlechip is arranged to compare the Lab value with a plurality of preset conditions including a preset normal operation condition and a preset elimination condition, when the Lab value is conform with the preset normal operation condition, the light radiation source is electrified, and when the Lab value is in conform with the preset elimination condition, the light radiation source is powered off. The IPL depilator has a plurality of functions, and can meet intelligent requirement for personal care in a much full manner.

Apparatus and methods disclosed herein operate to produce high peak power light output, to deliver the light output to a portion of skin in a dermatological setting, to deliver a flow of cool gas or air to the skin for cooling purposes, to monitor skin temperature during the delivery of light to the portion of skin, and to adjust the light power in real time such as to enhance the tradeoff between treatment efficacy and skin damage.

Disclosed is an intense pulse light device, in which plural divided light filters coated with individually different materials are rotatably and uniformly aligned around a reflection mirror in order to selectively filter lights according to wavelengths thereof, so that it is not necessary to exchange a handle body or filters, thereby improving convenience of use for the IPL device, and in which the loose contact of power lines and signal lines, leakage of cooling water, and penetration of impurities can be prevented, thereby improving reliability of IPL device. A semicircular reflection mirror aligned around a flash lamp installed in a body and a light filter section is aligned around the reflection mirror while forming a predetermined space therebetween. The light filter section is uniformly divided into two or four light filters so as to increase selectivity for the light radiated from flash lamp. The light filter section is fabricated by uniformly dividing a circular pipe made from glass, quartz or sapphire into plural pipe sections, coating the plural pipe sections with individually different materials in such a manner that only light having a predetermined wavelength passes therethrough, and bonding the plural pipe sections to each other.

The invention provides a method for reducing water eutrophication by chlorella culture, and belongs to the technical field of eutrophic water restoration. The method comprises steps as follows: eutrophic water is pretreated by adding a flocculating agent; domesticated chlorella is added to the eutrophic water and allowed to grow naturally, and dead chlorella is picked out. A chlorella domesticating method comprises the step that the chlorella is exposed in intense pulsed light radiation in a chlorella domestication process, wherein the flocculating agent is a medical stone flocculating agent,and 50% or more of the overall flocculating agent has the particle size smaller than 10 mu m. By means of the method for reducing water eutrophication by chlorella culture, nutrient substances such asnitrogen and phosphorus in the eutrophic water can be rapidly removed, dominant species of colonies and diversity of species are changed, ecological restoration of the eutrophic water is realized, and besides, chlorophyll and mycoprotein accumulation in the later period of the domesticated chlorella can be promoted.