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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:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael S Feld, Waban, MA (US);
Irving Itzkan, Boston, MA (US);
Douglas Albagli, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph A Izatt, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gary B Hayes, Leominster, MA (US);
Richard Rava, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 11 ; 606-2 ; 606-3 ; 606-7 ; 606 10 ; 606 13 ; 606 17 ; 607 88 ; 607 89 ; 607 94 ;
Abstract
Removal of body tissue with a long pulsed lasers is achieved such that sufficient energy to remove tissue is transmitted to the desired body without damaging an optical fiber transmitting the laser radiation. Pairs of pulses having the same or different wavelengths are coupled to more effectively remove tissue from the surgical site.