Laser surgery device and method
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1. A method of treating biological tissue by laser surgery, comprising detecting a limit or location of surface or mass of biological tissue by a process of interferometry and controlling the laser treating of said biological tissue according to the detected limit or location of surface or mass.
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Abstract
Laser surgery is controlled by interferometry.
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- 1. A method of treating biological tissue by laser surgery, comprising detecting a limit or location of surface or mass of biological tissue by a process of interferometry and controlling the laser treating of said biological tissue according to the detected limit or location of surface or mass.
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19. A laser surgery device, comprising:
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laser beam irradiator for applying a laser beam to a target region of biological tissue;
interferometer for projecting a light beam onto said target region of biological tissue, including a detector for receiving a reflected interference beam from said target region, detecting a phase difference of said interference beam and providing an electrical signal according to said phase difference; and
a controller responsive to said electrical signal for controlling an output of applied laser beam from said laser beam irradiator. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
(A) an optical source comprising a multimode laser diode that provides a light beam having a range of stable wavelengths;
(B) a lens element that focuses the light beam onto a beam splitter that splits said light beam to provide a reference beam and a measurement beam;
(C) a focusing system for receiving the reference beam and focusing the reference beam onto a phase modulating element that provides a phase modulation to the reference beam;
(D) a focusing system for receiving the measurement beam and focusing the measurement beam onto a measurement region that reflects said measurement beam;
(E) polarizer that receives a reflected reference beam from the phase modulating element and a reflected measurement beam from said measurement region and collapses the differently polarized reference and measurement beams onto a common polarization; and
(F) a lens system that injects the reference and measurement beams to the detector.
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23. The laser surgery device of claim 19, wherein said interferometer comprises:
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(A) an optical source for emitting a light beam in a predetermined wave number region;
(B) beam splitter for transforming the emitted light beam into a transmitted beam and a reflected beam;
(C) mirrors for reflecting said transmitted and reflected beams in different paths said beam splitter for synthesizing an interference beam from said reflected beams; and
(B) an emitter that emits said interference beam onto said target region of biological tissue.
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24. The laser surgery device of claim 23, including Fourier transformer for performing Fourier transform to provide a spatialgram from said phase difference that is converted into said electrical signal.
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25. The laser surgery device of claim 23, including Fourier transformer for performing Fourier transform to provide a reflection spectrum, filtering means for filtering the reflection spectrum, complex power reverse Fourier transformer for performing power reverse Fourier transform on the reflection spectrum filtered to provide a spatialgram and a processor for evaluating the target region on the basis of the electrical signal converted from the spatialgram and said laser beam irradiator is responsive to the evaluator.
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