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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Charles P. Lin, Arlington, MA (US);
Clemens Alt, Watertown, MA (US);
Ho Lee, Daegu, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 9/00821 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00863 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling selective targeting of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells within a treatment region of the RPE. The methods include (a) depositing a selected amount of energy on a test region of the RPE; (b) determining an extent to which microcavitation has occurred in the test region; and (c) on the basis of the determination, either depositing the selected amount of energy on the treatment region, or depositing an increased amount of energy on the test region, and repeating steps (b) and (c).