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Man-portable optical ablation system

  • US 7,361,171 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2004
  • Issued: 04/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of surgical ablative material removal from a body using a short optical pulse that is amplified and then compressed, comprising the steps of:

  • generating an initial wavelength-swept-with-time pulse in a pulse generator;

    amplifying the initial wavelength-swept-with-time pulse using an optical amplifier, to generate an amplified pulse;

    compressing the amplified pulse within a man-portable system, to generate a compressed optical pulse, wherein the amplification and compression are performed using either an optically-pumped-amplifier and air-path between gratings compressor combination, or a semiconductor optical amplifier and chirped fiber compressor combination; and

    applying the compressed optical pulse to the body, wherein the pulse generation, amplification and compression are performed within the man-portable system.

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