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Surgical laser handpiece for slit incisions

US5454808A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1994
Grant dateOct 3, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0911
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A slit incision handpiece that receives a circular laser beam, reshapes the beam to have an elliptical cross-section, and focuses the beam onto target tissue. Slit incisions of approximately the dimensions of the elliptical beam are formed by stationary exposures on the target tissue from the output of the slit incision handpiece.

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