HOWARD ALLEN GREEN
Medical Practice in Boston, MA
License number
Pennsylvania MD037465E
Category
Medicine
Type
Medical Physician and Surgeon
Address
Address
2
Boston, MA 02132
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Owner, Rjf
Position:
Owner at RJF
Location:
Greater Boston Area
Industry:
Financial Services
Work:
RJF
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Owner
Independent Medical Practice Professional
Location:
Greater Boston Area
Industry:
Medical Practice
Method Of Laser-Induced Tissue Necrosis In Carotenoid-Containing Skin Structures
US Patent:
5304170, Apr 19, 1994
Filed:
Mar 12, 1993
Appl. No.:
8/031242
Inventors:
Howard A. Green - West Roxbury MA
International Classification:
A61B 1736
US Classification:
606 9
Abstract:
A method for treating dermatological organ disorders and skin lesions in a mammal through the use of directed, pulsed laser light is described.
The dermatological disorders are characterized by an increase in concentration of potential photodynamic chemical compounds like carotenoid compounds, and especially the carotenoid beta-carotene, compared to normal skin. Pulsed dye laser light of a time and duration specific for maximal absorption by a carotenoid compound like beta-carotene is directed at the regions of carotenoid accumulation within a skin disorder. Thermal coagulation necrosis of the carotenoid-accumulating skin region results, though thermal damage to surrounding tissue is limited in amount.
Measurement Of Burn Depth In Skin
US Patent:
5074306, Dec 24, 1991
Filed:
Feb 22, 1990
Appl. No.:
7/483907
Inventors:
Howard A. Green - West Roxbury MA
John A. Parrish - Boston MA
Richard R. Anderson - Boston MA
John A. Parrish - Boston MA
Richard R. Anderson - Boston MA
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation - Boston MA
International Classification:
A61B 500
US Classification:
128664
Abstract:
A method for distinguishing between a full thickness and a partial thickness skin burn in a patient having a skin burn. The methods includes administering a fluorescent compound, which is excited by infrared light, to the patient to cause the compound to enter one or more capillaries below and adjacent the skin burn. The compound is then excited with infrared light, and the amount of fluorescence of the compound caused by the infrared light detected at the skin burn and at unburned skin adjacent the skin burn. The ratio of fluorescence detected at the skin burn and at the unburned skin is an indication of the thickness of the skin burn, e. g. , a ratio of less than 0. 4 indicates a full thickness skin burn.