Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1990-11-30
1993-04-13
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 15, 606 16, 606 17, 128397, 128398, 128898, A61N 506
Patent
active
052017290
ABSTRACT:
A method for performing percutaneous diskectomy using a laser applies a laser beam from the laser to vaporize nucleus pulposus in the nucleus of the herniated disc. The wavelength of the laser beam will vary and depend on the laser system used.
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Davis Jordan K.
Hertzmann Peter S.
Laserscope
Shay David M.
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