Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1996-09-19
2000-10-24
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
A61N 506
Patent
active
061359955
ABSTRACT:
Typically, a laser emits significant energy after a control signal is generated to disable the power supply. The inherent delay between generation of a control signal for shutting off a laser power supply and actual termination of an output beam pulse in response to the control signal, is compensated in the context that the control signal is generated automatically upon coincidence of measured output beam power with a preset threshold value. Power supplied to a laser is modulated to cause generation of a pulsed laser output beam. The cumulative energy of each output beam pulse is monitored and a feedback signal indicative of measured output beam pulse energy is supplied to the power supply. The feedback signal is compared with a user-selected threshold value, and a control signal is generated for terminating the output beam pulse (by terminating input power to the laser) when the measured output pulse energy reaches the threshold value. By generating the threshold signal to have a value representing a threshold output beam pulse energy that is lower than a desired output beam pulse energy, the threshold signal is generated in a manner which compensates for the inherent delay between generation of the control signal and the actual termination of the output beam pulse in response to the control signal. This prevents delivery of significant output beam energy in excess of a user-selected amount.
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Arnett Michael
Dewey David
Dumond Gregory
Orkiszewski Jerzy
Rorden Robert J.
Coherent Inc.
Shay David M.
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