Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 5.1
Commercially Available Lasers and Light Sources for Hair Removal
a
Laser/Light
Source
Wavelength (nm)
System Name
Pulse Duration (ms)
Fluence (J/cm
2
)
Spot Size (mm)
Other Features
Long-pulsed ruby
694
RubyStar and Ruby Star+
4
Up to 24
8, 10, 12, 18
Contact cooling
Long-pulsed
alexandrite
755
Apogee (Cynosure)
0.5-300
25-50
5-15
Cold air or integrated cooling, can add 1064-nm
Nd:YAG module to form Apogee Elite
Arion (Quantel Derma)
5-140
Up to 40
6-16
Cold air unit
ClearScan YAG (Sciton)
Up to 200
Up to 140
3, 6, and 30 × 30
Contact cooling
Coolglide (Cutera)
0.1-300
5-300
10
Contact cooling
Elite (Cynosure)
0.5-300
25-50
5-15
Cold air cooling, available with 1064-nm Nd:YAG,
EliteMPX model can simultaneously treat with
755-nm Alexandrite and 1064-nm Nd:YAG
EpiCare LP/LPX (Light Age)
3-300
22-40
7-16
GentleLASE, (Candela)
3
Up to 100
6-18
Dynamic cooling
GentleMax (Candela)
0.25-300
Up to 600
1.5-18
Dynamic cooling, comes with 1064-nm Nd:YAG
Ultrawave 755/II/III (AMC Aesthetics
and Advance Aesthetic Concepts)
Up to 100
Up to 125
Up to 16
Available with 532-, 1064-, and 1320-nm Nd:YAG
Diode
805
Advantage (Lutronic, Freemont,
California, USA)
5-400
Up to 100
10 × 10, 10 × 30
Contact cooling
800-810
F1 Diode (Opusmed)
15-40
Up to 40
5, 7
Chiller tip
808, 980
Leda (Quantel Derma)
6-60
Up to 60
50 × 12, 10 × 12
Contact cooling
810, 940
MeDioStar XT (Aesclepion)
5-500
Up to 90
6, 12
Integrated scanner with cold air cooling device
800
LightSheer Duet (Lumenis)
5-400
10-100, 4.5-12
9 × 9, 22 × 35
Chilltip for smaller handpiece, vacuum skin
fl attening for larger handpiece
810
Soprano XL (Alma Lasers)
10-1350
Up to 120
12 × 10
Contact cooling
Long-pulsed
Nd:YAG
1064
Acclaim (Cynosure)
0.4-300
35-600
1.5-15
Cold air or integrated cooling, can add 755-nm
alexandrite module to form Apogee Elite
(Cynosure)
ClearScan YAG (Sciton)
0.3-200
Up to 400
3, 6, and 30 × 30
Contact cooling
CoolGlide CV/XEO/Excel/Vantage
(Cutera)
0.1-300
Up to 300
3-10
Contact cooling
Cynergy (Cynosure)
0.3-300
Up to 600
1.5-15
Cold air
Dualis XP, XP Plus and XS Max
(Fotona)
5-200
Up to 600
2-10
N/A
GentleYAG (Candela, Wayland, MA)
0.25-300
Up to 600
1.5-18
Dynamic cooling
Gemini (Iridex)
1-100
Up to 990
2, 10
Available with 532-nm KTP
LightPod Neo (Aerolase)
0.65-1.5
Up to 312
2
Builtin cooling system
Lyra (Iridex)
20-100
5-900
1-5, 10
Contact cooling
MultiFlex (Ellipse, Atlanta, GA)
N/A
Up to 600
1.5-5
Equipped with IPL device
Mydon (Quantel)
0.5-90
10-450
1.5-10
Integrated air cooling
NaturaLase 1064/LP (Focus Medical)
0.5-100
Up to 400
3-15
Integrated air cooling
Profi le (Sciton)
0.1-10000
Up to 75
N/A
Contact cooling, 2940-nm Er:YAG and
410- to 1400-nm fl ashlamp in same device
SmartEpil (Deka)
Up to 20
11
2.5, 4, 5, 6
SP Plus (Fotona)
Up to 300
Up to 600
1-42
Synchro_FT (Deka)
2-30
Up to 50
2.5-13
Available with IPL handpiece
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