Probe-and-fire lasers
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1. A surgical laser system 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 said fiber optical means;
a diagnostic radiation source connected to the proximal end of said fiber optical means for irradiating the treatment site;
a responding radiation detector means connected to the proximal end of said fiber optical means for generating a control signal when detecting a particular radiation in response to being irradiated by said diagnostic radiation source from the treatment site; and
means for controlling said treatment laser source to operate only when said radiation detector means emits said control signal.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus of irradiating a treatment area within a body includes introducing elongated flexible radiation transfer conduit (fiberoptic arrays) into the body cavity with the distal end thereof operatively opposite the treatment area. At the other end of the conduit there is photoelectrically sensed a particular optical characteristic of the treatment area (such as fluorescence) and as long as the particular optical characteristic is sensed there is periodically transmitted laser pulses via the conduit to the treatment site.
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1. A surgical laser system for operating on a treatment site comprising:
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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 said fiber optical means; a diagnostic radiation source connected to the proximal end of said fiber optical means for irradiating the treatment site; a responding radiation detector means connected to the proximal end of said fiber optical means for generating a control signal when detecting a particular radiation in response to being irradiated by said diagnostic radiation source from the treatment site; and means for controlling said treatment laser source to operate only when said radiation detector means emits said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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