Handpiece for delivering laser radiation

Details Handpiece for delivering laser radiation Handpiece for delivering laser radiation

1992-03-10

1994-06-07

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Light application

606 13, 606 17, 607 89, A61B 1736

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053185625

ABSTRACT:
A medical or dental handpiece for the performance of laser radiation treatments, composed of: an elongate housing constructed to be held in the hand, the housing having a radiation delivery end and enclosing a chamber which is adjacent the radiation delivery end; a radiation conducting element disposed in the housing for conducting laser radiation from a laser source into the chamber and toward the radiation delivery end; and a gas flow path in the chamber for guiding a flow of cooling gas through the chamber in a direction from the radiation conducting element toward the radiation delivery end.

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"Introduction of New Dental Oral Yag Laser Handpiece and its Clinical Application" by Yoshida et al., Lasers in Dentistry, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.; May, 1989.

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