Dermatological systems and methods with handpiece for coaxial pulse delivery and temperature sensing

US12121742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cutera, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Karavitis · Dana Point, US
• Wytze E. van der Veer · Irvine, US
• Amogh Kothare · Fremont, US
• Soenke A. Moeller · Berkeley, US
• Shawn M. Gilliam · Daly City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Dermatological systems and methods for providing a therapeutic laser treatment using a handpiece delivering one or more therapeutic laser pulses to a target skin area along a first optical path, and sensing the temperature of the target skin area based on infrared energy radiating from the target skin area along a second optical path generally counterdirectional to the first optical path, and sharing a common optical axis with the first optical path for at least a portion of the first and second optical paths. The handpiece may also provide contact cooling for a first skin area comprising the target skin area.