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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce R Walker, West Jordan, UT (US);
Kevin D Ostler, Riverton, UT (US);
Assignee:
LaserPhysics, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 38 ;
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing a laser beam that is varied, such as being pulsed or modulated, rather than being a laser beam of constant intensity. Specific circuitry that includes timing and triggering means for pulsing a laser beam is disclosed, and methods and software for modulating a laser beam are disclosed. Pulsed and modulated laser beams have wide variety of applications, including curing polymeric materials such as dental composites. Modulated light from sources other than lasers may also be used for such curing.