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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhei Takata, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an output adjustment device for a laser lithotripsy apparatus including: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: pulse a laser beam; adjust an output of the pulsed laser beam; monotonically increase the output of the laser beam as a first period to generate a bubble binding body containing a plurality of bubbles from a laser emission end; monotonically decrease the output of the laser beam with a gradient larger than a predetermined gradient as a second period following the first period to cause the bubble binding body to disappear so that a crushing target is attracted to the laser emission end; and before the bubble binding body is generated, raise a liquid temperature in a region where the bubble binding body is generated by generating the bubbles and causing the bubbles to disappear.