Method and apparatus for producing supercontinuum light for medical and biological applications
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1. An apparatus for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications comprising:
- a laser system for producing pulses at <
100femtoseconds (fs) and a spectral irradiance 1-10 GW/nm cm2; and
at least one of a pressurized cell containing a rare gas pressurized at 2-10 atmospheres and comprising at least one of Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr) and Xenon (Xe) and one or more fibers comprising at least one of microstructure fibers and photonic crystal fibers, for receiving the pulses for conversion into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition and application of the SC light at the specified rate of repetition to a tissue for medical and biological applications, wherein the pulses are focused through a lens having a focal length of approximately 100-200 centimeters (cm) for the pressurized cell, and the pulses are focused through a microscope objective lens having a magnification of approximately 10×
-40×
for the one or more fibers to create nonlinear optical effects in materials that excites molecules into upper electronic states to disassociate polyatomic bonds causing a breakdown in organic molecules for medical and biological applications including at least one of healing wounds, burns, cuts and bruises, fusing arteries, reducing scarring, producing angiogenesis, stimulating nerves, and killing bacteria, viruses and cancer cells.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications is provided. Pulses are focused from a laser system into at least one of a pressurized cell and one or more fibers. A pump pulse is converted into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition. The SC light is applied at the specified rate of repetition to tissue for medical and biological applications.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications comprising:
- a laser system for producing pulses at <
100femtoseconds (fs) and a spectral irradiance 1-10 GW/nm cm2; and
at least one of a pressurized cell containing a rare gas pressurized at 2-10 atmospheres and comprising at least one of Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr) and Xenon (Xe) and one or more fibers comprising at least one of microstructure fibers and photonic crystal fibers, for receiving the pulses for conversion into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition and application of the SC light at the specified rate of repetition to a tissue for medical and biological applications, wherein the pulses are focused through a lens having a focal length of approximately 100-200 centimeters (cm) for the pressurized cell, and the pulses are focused through a microscope objective lens having a magnification of approximately 10×
-40×
for the one or more fibers to create nonlinear optical effects in materials that excites molecules into upper electronic states to disassociate polyatomic bonds causing a breakdown in organic molecules for medical and biological applications including at least one of healing wounds, burns, cuts and bruises, fusing arteries, reducing scarring, producing angiogenesis, stimulating nerves, and killing bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15)
- a laser system for producing pulses at <
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13. An apparatus for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications comprising:
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a. a laser system for producing pulses of approximately milliJoule (mJ); b. a first lens having a focal length of approximately 100-200 centimeters (cm) for receiving the pulses produced by the laser system; c. a pressurized cell, pressurized at 2-10 atmospheres (atm) and having a length of approximately within the range of 100-150 cm, for receiving the pulses after being focused through the first lens for conversion into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition of approximately 1 kiloHertz (kH) at approximately 80 mega Hertz; d. an exiting second lens receiving the SC light at the specified rate of repetition from the pressurized cell; and e. an optical filter wheel downstream of said exiting second lens having narrow band filters, approximately 5-100 nanometers (rim) in width, for selectively filtering the SC light, focused through the second lens, for application of the SC light within a band of 280-500 nm at the specified rate of repetition to a tissue to selectively excite electronic states of native molecules and 800-2500 nm band is used to excite overtones and combination vibrational states of the native molecules or of a molecular group or bond to treat a specified medical condition using one, two and three photon absorption. - View Dependent Claims (14, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications comprising:
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a. a laser system for producing pulses of approximately milliJoule (mJ); b. at least one of a first lens having a focal length of approximately 100-200centimeters (cm) and a microscope objective lens having 10×
-40×
magnification for receiving the pulses produced by the laser system;c. at least one of a pressurized cell, pressurized at 2-10 atmospheres (atm) and having a length of approximately within the range of 100-150 cm, for receiving the pulses after being focused through said first lens for conversion into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition of approximately 1 kiloHertz (kH) at approximately 80 mega Hertz, and one or more fibers for receiving said pulses after passage through said microscope objective lens focusing said pulses into said one or more fibers; d. an exiting second lens receiving the SC light at the specified rate of repetition from the pressurized cell; and e. an optical filter wheel downstream of said exiting second lens having narrow band filters, approximately 5-100 nanometers (nm) in width, for selectively filtering the SC light, focused through the second lens, for application of the SC light within a band of 280-500nm at the specified rate of repetition to a tissue to selectively excite electronic states of native molecules and 800-2500 nm band is used to excite overtones and combination vibrational states of the native molecules or of a molecular group or bond to treat a specified medical condition using one, two and three photon absorption.
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