Laser surgical method

Patent 5267856 Issued on December 7, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 20, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Premier Laser Systems, Inc.

Application

No. 763350 filed on 09/20/1991

US Classes:

433/29, Having means to emit radiation or facilitate viewing of the work433/215, METHOD OR MATERIAL FOR TESTING, TREATING, RESTORING, OR REMOVING NATURAL TEETH606/10Systems

Examiners

Primary: Wilson, John J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Olive & Olive

Foreign Patent References

9011728 WO 10/12/1990

International Class

A61C 001/00

Abstract

A method of ablating or cutting a selected area of a material with a laser, wherein a substance such as water that absorbs the laser radiation is applied to the area in an amount to allow the substance to be absorbed into pores, cracks and other holes in the substance but without pooling on the surface of the material. Application of the substance is done immediately before or during each laser pulse.

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