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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Edward V. LaBudde, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Robert A. LaBudde, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Pharos Optics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in ablating hard and soft tissue and in particular, tooth, tooth enamel, tooth dentin, tooth cementum, bone, cartilage, skin, mucosa, gingiva and muscle, and preferably in the oral cavity, is disclosed. In operation, an electromagnetic energy source is applied to a target material producing thermo-elastic failure resulting in fracture or rupture of the material. When this point is reached, the energy source is stopped and immediately a fracturing fluid is applied to the lasing site with sufficient cooling power, solvating power, and momentum to not only cause further fracture or rupture of the material but also to remove debris from the site. The process is repeated until the desired ablation is effected.