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... Palomar Medical to Introduce New Fractional Handpiece at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting Palomar Medical to Introduce New Fractional Handpiece at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting BURLINGTON, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.

(Nasdaq: PMTI) announced today that the Palomar Lux1540 Fractional(TM) Laser Handpiece will be introduced at the American Academy of Dermatology's 64th Annual Meeting in San Francisco from March 4th to 6th and will be on hand for investor demonstrations.

At that time, Management will be available to discuss Palomar's full line of products at the San Francisco Moscone Convention Center, booth #3139.

The new Palomar Lux1540 Fractional(TM) Laser Handpiece uses patented fractional technology to create precisely defined zones of elevated temperature within the tissue.

By varying treatment parameters, diverse effects can be induced in these zones with minimal damage to the surrounding tissue.

The advantage of such a device is its ability to create a pattern of isolated columns of coagulation in the epidermis and dermis, without damage to the tissue surrounding the columns.

Location, shape and dimensions of these columns can be accurately tuned to achieve the desired clinical effect.

One benefit of fractional technology over conventional bulk-treatment approaches is that it provides an increased safety margin, resulting from the fact that ...

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