Laser treatment cooling head
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Jul 24, 2001
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Oct 13, 1998
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Apr 9, 1998
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A cooling head for attachment a skin treatment laser has a metal body with a mount at one end for attachment to a laser head to secure the metal body to the head. A cooling surface at the other end is for application to a patient's skin and has an aperture therethrough. A bore extends from the mount through the body to the aperture in the cooling surface to allow a laser beam to be passed therethrough to a treatment area of the patient's skin. An extraction port enables removal of debris from the treatment area and for connection to a vacuum source. An optically transparent window is disposed in the body to allow the treatment area at the aperture in the cooling surface to be viewed by a surgeon using the laser. A cooling means such a liquid flow heat exchanger or Peltier device enables heat removal from the body in use in order to cool the cooling surface.
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