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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:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Dmitri Boutoussov, Dana Point, CA (US);
John Hendy, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Inventors:
Dmitri Boutoussov, Dana Point, CA (US);
John Hendy, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Assignee:
Biolase Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a shaped fiber optic tip having a side-firing output end with a double bevel-cut shape. The shaped fiber optic tip can be configured to side-fire laser energy in a direction away from a laser handpiece and toward sidewalls of a treatment or target site.