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Method for laser surgery
Assignee: ESC Medical Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1996-05-15
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Granted: 1997-08-12
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Expires: 2016-05-15
Abstract
Abstract A method of laser surgery, comprising the steps of selecting lasers whose output radiation has appropriate extinction lengths in the tissue to be ablated, coagulated, and/or shrunk, and directing radiation from those lasers coaxially and substantially simultaneously at the tissue.
Inventors
- 👤 Ziv Karni
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:06
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/203; A61B17/00; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00743; A61B2017/00747; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00452; A61B2018/0047; A61B2018/2015; A61B2018/2025; A61B2018/2065; A61B2018/207; A61C; A61C1/00; A61C1/0046; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for surgical alteration of skin tissue by simultaneous ablation and coagulation, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a first coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.01 millimeters and about 0.001 millimeters; (b) selecting a second coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a second coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.1 millimeters and about 0.01 millimeters; (c) ablating the skin tissue by directing a first beam of said first coherent radiation at the skin tissue; and (d) coagulating the skin tissue by directing a second beam of said second coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for surgical alteration of skin tissue by simultaneous ablation and coagulation, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a first coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.01 millimeters and about 0.001 millimeters; (b) selecting a second coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a second coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.1 millimeters and about 0.01 millimeters; (c) ablating the skin tissue by directing a first beam of said first coherent radiation at the skin tissue; and (d) coagulating the skin tissue by directing a second beam of said second coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first coherent radiation source is a laser.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 2, wherein said first coherent radiation source is an erbium YAG laser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said second coherent radiation source is a laser.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said laser is a carbon dioxide laser.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first beam is pulsed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 6, wherein each of said pulses has a duration of about 0.3 milliseconds, and wherein each of said pulses has an energy density of between about one Joule per square centimeter and about 50 Joules per square centimeter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said second beam is continuous.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 8, wherein said second beam has a power density of between about one Watt per square centimeter and about 10 Watts per square centimeter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said second beam is pulsed, said pulses of said second beam at least partially overlapping in time with said pulses of said first beam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 10, wherein each of said pulses of said second beam has a duration of between about one millisecond and about 10 milliseconds, and wherein each of said pulses of said second beam has a power density of between about one Watt per square centimeter and about 100 Watts per square centimeter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of directing a third beam of visible coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for surgical alteration of skin tissue by simultaneous ablation and shrinkage, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a first coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.01 millimeters and about 0,001 millimeters; (b) selecting a second coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a second coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about one millimeter and about 0.01 millimeters; (c) ablating the skin tissue by directing a first beam of said first coherent radiation at the skin tissue; and (d) shrinking the skin tissue by directing a second beam of said second coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for surgical alteration of skin tissue by simultaneous ablation and shrinkage, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a first coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about 0.01 millimeters and about 0,001 millimeters; (b) selecting a second coherent radiation source characterized by emitting a second coherent radiation having an extinction length in the skin tissue of between about one millimeter and about 0.01 millimeters; (c) ablating the skin tissue by directing a first beam of said first coherent radiation at the skin tissue; and (d) shrinking the skin tissue by directing a second beam of said second coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 13, wherein said first coherent radiation source is a laser.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 14, wherein said first coherent radiation source is an erbium YAG laser.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 13, wherein said second coherent radiation source is a laser.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 16, wherein said laser is a holmium YAG laser.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 13, wherein said first beam is pulsed.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 18, wherein each of said pulses has a duration of about 0.3 milliseconds, and wherein each of said pulses has an energy density of between about one Joule per square centimeter and about 50 Joules per square centimeter.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 18, wherein said second beam is pulsed, said pulses of said second beam at least partially overlapping in time with said pulses of said first beam.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 20, wherein each of said pulses of said second beam has a duration of between about 0.3 milliseconds and about one millisecond, and wherein each of said pulses of said second beam has an energy density of about one Joule per square centimeter.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of directing a third beam of visible coherent radiation at the skin tissue, substantially coaxially and substantially simultaneously with said first beam.
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