ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,449, issued on March 25.
"Intense pulse light (IPL) apparatus utilizing a pulse forming network (PFN)" was invented by Moshe Shterzer (Herzliya, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IPL apparatus utilizing a Pulse Forming Network (PFN) for generating a plurality of light pulse sequences, comprising a treatment unit comprising one or more lamps adapted to emit a plurality of light pulses towards a treatment face of the IPL apparatus, a PFN and a control unit adapted to operate the PFN to generate a regulated energized pulse driven to the lamp(s). The regulated energized pulse having a desired multi-level voltage waveform with a m...