Asclepion PicoStar

The PicoStar is Asclepion's picosecond laser for tattoo and pigment work, built in Jena, Germany. It is a solid state Nd:YAG laser emitting at 1064 nm and 532 nm. Asclepion's brochure gives a 300 picosecond pulse, up to 800 mJ, 2.7 GW of peak power and repetition rates from 0.5 to 10 Hz. The FDA cleared it under K213889 in April 2022 with Quanta System's Discovery Pico family as predicate. That filing describes pulses of at most 400 picoseconds, a console with a touch screen, an articulated arm, full spot and microspot handpieces, and a footswitch.

Asclepion lists five handpieces. The Zoom ST covers 2 to 5 mm and the Zoom FT covers 3.5 to 7 mm with a flat top profile, both adjusted with a rotating ring. The MicroSpot PICO has a fixed 7 by 7 mm spot formed by a diffractive optical element. Flat-Top 532 and Flat-Top 1064 handpiece sets each come with two tips, giving 3 or 5 mm at 532 nm and 10 or 16 mm at 1064 nm. The console weighs about 160 kg and has a 10.1 inch touch screen.

US clearance covers tattoo removal by ink color: red, yellow and orange at 532 nm on Fitzpatrick types I to III, and black, brown, green, blue and purple at 1064 nm on all skin types. Benign pigmented lesions are covered at both wavelengths. With the microspot handpiece only, the clearance adds wrinkles on types I to IV and acne scars on types II to V.

Do not confuse it with Asclepion's nanosecond NanoStar or the older TattooStar; the PicoStar label and the picosecond pulse width on screen settle it. List every handpiece and tip you have, since each is a separate part. A buyer will ask for the pulse count, the service history, articulated arm condition and clean optics. Photograph the serial label, the start screen and each handpiece.