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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Precise Light Surgical, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gerald Mitchell, Los Altos, CA (US);

Kenneth J. Arnold, Corralitos, CA (US);

Assignee:

PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC., Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00625 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2222 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laser can produce pulses of light energy for tissue-type selective ejection of a volume of the target tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume. The pulses are set to be tissue selective.


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