Remotely-controlled ablation of surfaces
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1. A method of controlling a ablation beam for ablation of a body surface, comprising:
- positioning a video camera to view the body surface in an isolated environment whereby the body surface needs to be in an isolated environment because of contagious diseases, radiation, or special illumination control;
providing a remotely-controllable ablation beam that can be controlled to impinge at various locations on the surface and can be remotely blocked or enabled;
receiving a video signal from the video and displaying the signal on a video monitor; and
controlling the beam using a control module and the video monitor, wherein the control module and the video monitor are remote from the body surface.
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Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus and the method for remotely controlling an ablation beam for removal of material from a body so that it to impinge at various locations on the surface and can be remotely blocked or enabled, when monitored with a video camera to view the body surface in an isolated environment.
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1. A method of controlling a ablation beam for ablation of a body surface, comprising:
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positioning a video camera to view the body surface in an isolated environment whereby the body surface needs to be in an isolated environment because of contagious diseases, radiation, or special illumination control;
providing a remotely-controllable ablation beam that can be controlled to impinge at various locations on the surface and can be remotely blocked or enabled;
receiving a video signal from the video and displaying the signal on a video monitor; and
controlling the beam using a control module and the video monitor, wherein the control module and the video monitor are remote from the body surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling an ablation beam for ablation of a surface, comprising:
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positioning at least one sensor to view the surface and sending a signal from the sensor to a remote control module;
providing a remotely-controllable ablation beam that can be controlled to impinge optical pulses ten picoseconds or less in duration at various locations on the surface; and
controlling location where the beam impinges the surface using a control module based on the signal received from the at least one sensor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of controlling an ablation beam in the ablation of an object, comprising:
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positioning at least one sensor to view the object;
providing a remotely-controllable ablation beam that can be controlled to impinge optical pulses of ten picoseconds or less in duration at various locations on the object; and
controlling the beam impingement using a control module that receives a signal from the at least one sensor, wherein the control module is remote from the object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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