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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Manvel Artyom Andriasyan, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Manvel Artyom Andriasyan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biolase Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting or ablating hard tissue, includes an optical cavity; a gain medium disposed within the optical cavity; a diode light pump disposed within the optical cavity and optically aligned to light pump the gain medium to generate laser light. The generated laser light has a wavelength and power density suitable for cutting and ablating hard tissue.