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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. 23, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karsten Damgaard-Iversen, Marietta, GA (US);
Robert C Morris, Morris County, NJ (US);
Timothy C Chin, Hunterdon County, NJ (US);
Jerry W Kuper, Somerset County, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Allied-Signal, Inc., Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606128 ; 606-3 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus are provided for laser lithotripsy by subjecting calcified matter in the mammalian body, especially the human body, to two spatially and temporally overlapping pulsed laser light beams in the 300-450 and 600-900 nanometer wavelength range.