ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,843, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cutera Inc. (Brisbane, Calif.).
"Methods of skin treatment with laser light" was invented by Michael A. Karavitis (San Pedro, Calif.) and Amogh Kothare (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dermatological systems and methods for reducing pain associated with treating of skin with high-fluence therapeutic laser light including applying a first agent to solubilize oils, removing the first agent and oil to reduce the level of oil in the skin by at least 85%, rehydrating the skin after the oil removal, applying a contact cooling element including a cooling window to the area within five m...