Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2006-12-05
Farah, A. (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
C606S010000, C606S012000, C359S333000, C359S345000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07143769
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes the method of using optically-pumped optical amplifiers to remove material from a body by optical-ablation through time-compressing the amplified pulse and illuminating a portion of the body with the time-compressed optical pulse. The pulse energy of semiconductor optical amplifiers may also be adjusted by controlling the pump diode current.
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Delfyett Peter J.
Stoltz Richard
Carr & Ferrell LLP
Farah A.
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