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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:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry A Fuller, Rydal, PA (US);
Arthur Lompado, Newark, DE (US);
Mark A DeStefano, Perkasie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Surgical Laser Technologies, Inc., Montgomeryville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 17 ; 606 13 ; 606 15 ;
Abstract
A probe for medical use includes a tip portion having a light energy input region for receiving light energy from a light source and a predetermined light energy output region whereby tissue subtended by the region may be irradiated by the light energy. The tip portion consists essentially of light propagating material having inclusions distributed therein for interacting with the light energy to produce a predetermined light energy output pattern. The light propagating material is a light propagating inorganic compound.