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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:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Sergey Oshemkov, Karmiel, IL;
Vladimir Dmitriev, Karmiel, IL;
Lev Dvorkin, Akko, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMS Ltd, Karmiel, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/09 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for inducing a controllable jet in a transparent liquid is disclosed. The method comprises providing a gas-liquid interface, providing a laser source and generating a beam comprising a sequence of laser pulses, and focusing the beam to a target location within the liquid at a predetermined distance from the gas-liquid interface and creating a plurality of cavitation bubbles, yielding a jet directed away from the gas-liquid interface. Other methods and apparatus are also described and claimed.