Laser surgical apparatus and methods of its use minimizing damage during the ablation of tissue using a focused ultrashort pulsed laser beam wherein the slope of fluence breakdown is a function of the pulse width
US10058388B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2103/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser apparatus for use in a surgical procedure is disclosed including a housing forming a part of a handpiece and including interior and exterior regions, a laser cavity extending within the interior region of the housing, at least a portion of an operating laser element positioned with the interior region of the housing for generating an operating beam, and a controller to control a focal position of the operating beam to a location above the plane of the tissue for ablation of the tissue by laser induced breakdown thereof.
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