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Palomar Medical Technologies

Contact information

  • Address: 82 Cambridge Street, Burlington MA 01803
  • Telephone: 781-993-2300
  • Fax: 781-993-2330
  • website: http://www.palmed.com/
  • email:

Palomar was founded in 1987. It has connections to other laser manufacturers:

  • Spectrum Medical: a division of Palomar under which the EpiLaser ruby laser was originally cleared to market.
  • Star Medical: an 80% owned subsidiary sold to Coherent in 1999. Star had the first diode laser cleared to market, originally called StarLight and later renamed LightSheer.

Available devices

Palomar SLP1000™ Diode Laser System

The SLP1000 features A Super long pulsewidth for all skin types

contact-cooling SheerCool™ Handpiece chills the skin before, during, and after each laser pulse no sprays or gels.

The Palomar SLP1000 uses super long pulses (up to 1000 ), which deliver energy to the skin over a longer period of time than shorter pulses (3 to 40 ms).

Photon Recycling. In this process, light that has been reflected away from the skin is captured and reflected back toward the hair follicles.

Palomar SLP1000™ Specifications

  • Laser Type: Super long pulse diode
  • Wavelength: 810 ± 20nm
  • Spot Size: 10mm round
  • Energy To Tissue: 100+ J/cm2 for hair removal and vascular treatments
  • Pulsewidth: Hair: 50-1000 msec Vascular: 50-500 msec
  • Handpiece Cooling: 0 to 5ÍC
  • Pulse Rate: Up to 3Hz, auto and single shot
  • Beam Delivery: Optical fiber, 2m
  • Electrical Requirements 100-240 V, 50/60Hz

Palomar E2000™ Ruby Laser System

sapphire-tip contact-cooling

contact firing which will not release laser energy until there has been proper skin contact and precise cooling of the skin.

In the TwinPulse™ Mode, the E2000 offers a long pulse duration (100 ms)

10-mm handpiece

SheerSpeed™ Adapter with Photon Recycling. The adapter converts the E2000's contact-cooling handpiece into a delivery device that covers a 20 x 20 mm square area... covering more than six times the area of the10-mm, hexagon-shaped handpiece.

The Palomar E2000 System: permanent hair reduction

Palomar E2000 Specifications

  • Laser Type: Solid-state, long pulse ruby laser
  • Wavelength: 694.3 nm
  • Spot: 10 mm (hexagon), 20 mm (square)
  • Energy To Tissue: Up to 50 fluence ( In 1 J/cm2 increments)
  • Pulsewidth: 3, 100 milliseconds (user selectable)
  • Handpiece Temperature: Approximately 0Í C and minus 10Í C (user selectable)
  • Pulse Rate: Up to one (1) pulse per second (1 Hz)
  • Beam Delivery: Optical fiber, 5 foot (1.5 m) working radius
  • Electrical Requirements: 200-250 VAC, 50/60 Hz, single phase, 30 A
  • Dimensions: 48" (122 cm), H x 23" (58 cm), W x 36" (91 cm) D
  • Weight: Approximately 500 pounds (200 kg)

The EpiLaserü Laser Hair Removal System —

The Epilaser System offers many of the same benefits as the Palomar E2000 but at about half the cost. It is slower, but delivers the same contact-cooling technology for safety and the same ruby laser wavelength for permanent hair reduction..

Esthetica Partners has an arrangement with Palomar to supply lasers in selected spas.

Significant company events

23-May-2000 SLP1000(TM) Cleared by FDA for Range of Dermatological Laser Treatments for All Ethnic Skin Types

3-Mar-2000 Announces 7.5% Patent License Agreement with IRIDEX

17-Feb-2000 Announces 7.5% Patent License Agreement with Laserscope

26-Sep-1999 Moves to Burlington, Mass. Facility

21-Apr-1999 Stockholders Approve Sale of Star Subsidiary and Reverse Stock Split

8-Dec-1998 Agrees to Sell Star Subsidiary to Coherent For $65 Million in Cash and Ongoing Royalty Payments

Device name FDA 510(k) Cleared
     
 

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