US 11,833,364 B2
Tissue treatment apparatus and systems with pain mitigation and methods for mitigating pain during tissue treatments
Dragan D. Nebrigic, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Thomas Markiewicz, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Solta Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by Solta Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,482.
Application 17/162,482 is a continuation of application No. 16/275,632, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,940,327.
Application 16/275,632 is a continuation of application No. 14/339,667, filed on Jul. 24, 2014, granted, now 10,245,440, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 14/339,667 is a continuation of application No. 12/649,909, filed on Dec. 30, 2009, granted, now 8,882,758, issued on Nov. 11, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/226,138, filed on Jul. 16, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/143,537, filed on Jan. 9, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228899 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/00 (2013.01) [A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61N 1/403 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to treat tissue with electromagnetic energy, the system comprising:
a generator configured to generate the electromagnetic energy;
a first treatment electrode coupled with the generator; and
a system controller coupled with the generator, the system controller configured to cause the electromagnetic energy to be provided from the generator to the first treatment electrode with a power profile having a plurality of differing power levels over a treatment time divided into a plurality of time intervals each associated with a respective one of the differing power levels, the differing power levels ranging from a first power that is at least 20 percent above a nominal power of 200 joules per second to a second power that is at least 20 percent below the nominal power of 200 joules per second, and the system controller configured to cause the plurality of differing power levels to be provided with open loop control over the power profile.