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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

May. 30, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

James J. Wynne, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Jerome M. Felsenstein, Pleasantville, NY (US);

Robert S. Olyha, Jr., LaGrange, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00904 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlled ablation of target tissue includes activating laser ablation of hyperkeratotic tissue upon detecting a trigger input signal, detecting a photo-acoustical signature due to the laser ablation of the hyperkeratotic tissue, detecting a change in the photo-acoustical signature due to the laser ablation of a material different than the hyperkeratotic tissue, and ceasing the laser ablation upon detecting, by a signal processor, the change in the photo-acoustical signature.


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