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Probe-and-fire lasers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7072535

A surgical laser system is described for operating on a treatment site comprising: a fiber optical means having a proximal end and a distal end positionable in operative proximity to the treatment site; a treatment laser source optically connected to the proximal end of the fiber optical means; a diagnostic radiation source connected to the proximal end of the fiber optical means for irradiating the treatment site; a responding radiation detector means connected to the proximal end of the fiber optical means for generating a control signal when detecting a particular radiation in response to being irradiated by the diagnostic radiation source from the treatment site; and means for controlling the treatment laser source to operate only when the radiation detector means emits the control signal.

Assignee:
MCM Labs., Inc., Mountain View, CA
Patent Number(s):
US 4641650
OSTI ID:
7072535
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English