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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ICN Photonics Limited, Wales, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 6/5067 ; A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 6/5067 ; A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
Vascular lesions are treated by using an apparatus which comprises a dye laser, one or more flashlamps, and at least one pulse generating circuit for driving the flashlamps, the pulse generating circuit arranged to produce driving current pulses having a risetime of less than 100 microseconds resulting in corresponding laser output pulses, having a risetime of less than 100 microseconds.