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Tailored laser pulses for surgical applications

US10893906B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Werner Falkenstein · Feldafing, DE
Michael Schubert · Parkton, US
Stephan DITTMAR · Gauting, DE
Anna BUTSCH · Regensburg, DE
Thomas KREMSER · Königsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 24, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/1643
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.

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