Hair removal device and method
CA 2365292 A1 · Owner: Sasnett, Michael W. · Inventors: Connors, Kevin P.; Sasnett, Michael W.; Gollnick, David A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A hair removal device (22) includes a cooling surface (34) which is used to contact the skin (6) prior to exposure to hair tissue-damaging laser light (74) passing from a radiation source (36) through a recessed window (46). The window is laterally offset from the cooling surface and is spaced apart from the cooling surface in a direction away from the patient's skin to create a gap between the window and the skin. The window preferably includes both an inner window (46) and an outer, user-replaceable window (48). The laser-pulse duration is preferably selected according to the general diameter of the hair.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 13, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 13, 2020.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 13, 2022.
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