IAN ANDREW WHITCROFT
Medical Practice at Riverview Dr, Huron, SD

License number
Alaska MEDS3537
Issued Date
Oct 4, 1995
Effective Date
Dec 31, 1998
Expiration Date
Dec 31, 2000
Category
Medical
Address
Address
1710 Riverview Dr, Huron, SD 57350
LicenseFiles verified this license of Nov 18, 2016 at the Alaska - Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

Professional information

Ian Whitcroft Photo 1

Laser Treatment Cooling Head

US Patent:
6530920, Mar 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb 14, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/673109
Inventors:
Ian Andrew Whitcroft - Huron SD
Richard Anthony McMahon - Cambridge, GB
Assignee:
Coolanalgesia Limited - Cambridge
International Classification:
A61B 1802
US Classification:
606 13, 606 9, 606 10
Abstract:
A cooling head for attachment to a skin treatment laser has a metal body with a mount at one end for attachment to a laser head to secure the metal body to the head. A cooling surface at the other end is for application to a patients skin and has an aperture therethrough. A bore extends from the mount through the body to the aperture in the cooling surface to allow a laser beam to be passed therethrough to a treatment area of the patients skin. An extraction port enables removal of debris from the treatment area and for connection to a vacuum source. An optically transparent window is disposed in the body to allow the treatment area to be viewed. A cooling means (liquid flow heat exchanger, Peltier device) enables heat removal from the body in use in order to cool the cooling surface. A method of skin treatment employs the cooling head to cool the area surrounding the treatment area to reduce pain and protect the skin of the patient.

Ian Whitcroft Photo 2

Laser Treatment Cooling Head

US Patent:
6264649, Jul 24, 2001
Filed:
Oct 13, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/170217
Inventors:
Ian Andrew Whitcroft - Huron SD
Richard Anthony McMahon - Cambridge CB5 8HL, GB
International Classification:
A61B 1818
US Classification:
606 22
Abstract:
A cooling head for attachment a skin treatment laser has a metal body with a mount at one end for attachment to a laser head to secure the metal body to the head. A cooling surface at the other end is for application to a patient's skin and has an aperture therethrough. A bore extends from the mount through the body to the aperture in the cooling surface to allow a laser beam to be passed therethrough to a treatment area of the patient's skin. An extraction port enables removal of debris from the treatment area and for connection to a vacuum source. An optically transparent window is disposed in the body to allow the treatment area at the aperture in the cooling surface to be viewed by a surgeon using the laser. A cooling means such a liquid flow heat exchanger or Peltier device enables heat removal from the body in use in order to cool the cooling surface.