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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Hertzmann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Laserscope, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283031 ; 128395 ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ;
Abstract
A surgical laser system includes a laser, interchangeable peripheral output devices, a sensor effective to sense the power output of a peripheral device coupled to the sensor, and a control circuit for calibrating the radiation output of each device, interlocking the system to prevent use of a device before it has been calibrated, and controlling the production of calibration, aiming and main power laser beams.