Light-triggered tattoo process
US7131446B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00452
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light-triggered tattoo process. A strong absorber of light energy and tattoo material are sandwiched under pressure between a skin region and a transparent window. Short pulses of light, at frequencies strongly absorbed by the strong absorber, illuminates the strong absorber through the window creating micro-explosions in the strong absorber that drive particles of the tattoo material into the skin region producing a tattoo.
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