Ablative material removal with a preset removal rate or volume or depth
US7367969B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 11, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00636
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention includes a method of surgical material removal from a body by optical-ablation with controlled pulse energy from an amplifier including inputting an ablation-threshold-pulse-energy-for-material-being-ablated signal; controlling the energy of a pulse and the pulse repetition rate and by knowing the type of material being removed, the system can control the removal to predetermined rate and, thus knowing the removal rate, it can know how long to run to stop at the predetermined volume.
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