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5908415 Phototherapy methods and apparatus  
An optical transmissive fiber tip assembly having a radiation-scattering particles incorporated therein and a reflective end surface is disclosed for use in phototherapy. As radiation propagates...
5906611 Surgical instrument with laser target  
A surgical needle with an open distal port at which tissue to be fractured is positioned contains an optical fiber for providing pulses of laser energy and a titanium target that receives these...
5897314 Medical or dental laser instrument, especially for dental root canal treatments  
In a medical or dental laser instrument (1), especially for tooth root canal treatments, having a preferably rod-shaped hand piece (2), a connection part (3) by means of which the hand piece (2)...
5873875 Device for use in the laser treatment of biological tissue  
Two or three pulsed laser (3, 4, 20) devices are provided with a system for the automated optimization of the parameters of radiation produced by these lasers as well the types and regimes of...
5873865 Spiral catheter with multiple guide holes  
A spiral catheter apparatus for access to, and laser or other treatment within, cavities and organs in the human body, the apparatus comprising a flexible, main catheter shaft defining a central...
5871521 Laser probe for medical treatment  
A medical laser probe to be used as a laser irradiation unit in laser treatment that is performed by irradiating a living body with laser light. The laser probe irradiates laser light uniformly,...
5868734 Methods of using silica-titania clad fibers  
Methods of delivering laser energy for medical procedures or industrial processes using an optical fiber having a core formed of a highly transmissive silica-based glass core and an outermost...
5860948 Apparatus and method for tissue defect repair by deposition  
A catheter apparatus and method is provided for repairing tissue defects intraluminally by depositing a polymerizable material at a tissue defect site and polymerizing the material in situ to...
5860968 Laser scanning method and apparatus  
A laser scanning method and apparatus having a scanning hand piece 18 connected at the free end 20 of a hollow wave guide 14 to scan a beam of laser energy 22 in a predetermined pattern to...
5861020 Apparatus for irradiating body tissue with laser light  
In an apparatus used to irradiate body tissue with high-intensity laser light, a probe with at least one waveguide is used which can be coupled with a laser light source and which at its...
5855553 Remote surgery support system and method thereof  
A remote surgery supporting system and a method thereof produces a presentation of realism control data generated by realism control data generating means 101 from image data obtained from work...
5851112 Dental handpiece  
A dental handpiece 1 having a laser irradiation switch 5 on a hand grip 2 portion and a bent guide tube 6A through which an optical fiber 7 for introducing laser light to its distal end is...
5849027 Photodynamic therapy method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method for photodynamic treatment of diseases using a source of noncoherent light energy with filtering and focusing means for producing radient energy in a broad bandwidth, the...
5849007 Handpiece for the distal end of a light guide for laser light  
A handpiece for the distal end of a laser light guide includes a handle and a tube connected to the handle. The light guide enters the tube through the handle. The handpiece further includes...
5836938 Hair removal with a laser system and waveguide for radial transmission of laser energy  
Apparatus and method of hair depilation for destroying follicle cells is provided where an invasive element, such as a waveguide, probe or needle, is inserted into a hair follicle and pulsed laser...
5836940 Photoacoustic drug delivery  
A method and apparatus for locally delivering an active agent to a selected site in a body lumen using a liquid core laser catheter having a flexible tube for insertion into the lumen, a conduit...
5833684 Handpiece for a stomatological application for laser light  
A handpiece for stomatological application of laser light includes a movable light and agent transmission system connected to a proximal side of the handpiece and an application element containing...
5835647 Device for generating a laser beam having a homogenized cross section and use of this beam  
A device designed for generating a laser beam having a homogenized cross section has the following features: a) a pulsed solid-state laser with an emission in a wavelength range of between 2 and 3...
5835648 Surface illuminator for photodynamic therapy  
A device for delivering phototherapeutic light to uniformly illuminate a tissue surface. The device is a bowl-shaped shell with a more-or-less parabolic profile and having an open end and an apex....
5830209 Multi-fiber laser catheter  
Laser catheters according to the invention include multiple optical fibers for delivery of laser energy to a pre-determined treatment site in the therapeutic treatment of cardiac tissue. A fixation...
5829445 Methods for laser treatment of tissue  
A new optical fiber and method of manufacturing the same developed for use with surgical laser systems. The fiber core utilizes an ultra-low expansion (ULE) material. The preferred ULE fiber...
5828803 System for providing pulsed light to an optical fiber  
A therapeutic treatment device is disclosed and includes a housing and an incoherent light source such as a flashlamp disposed in the housing. The flashlamp provides a pulsed light output for...
5827267 Cooled multi-fiber medical connector  
Cooled optical connector for alignment and coupling of bundled fibers of an optic cable. Coolant in a liquid or gaseous form is passed through a chamber in which a bundled fiber optic cable and nut...
5825958 Fiber optic delivery system for infrared lasers  
A hand held laser device is disclosed including a handpiece coupled to a source of laser energy by an optical fiber cable. A bias tensile stress is exerted on the fiber when the fiber and outer...
5782825 Microlens tip assembly for light delivery catheter  
A microlens tip assembly for focusing output light from a light delivery catheter upon a target tissue. Due to the inherent divergence of output light from diode lasers, when such divergent light...
5782249 Laser manicure process  
There is provided an improved process and apparatus for cutting and/or fingernails. The process includes the step of providing laser radiation to cut or score the nails, and optionally cooling the...
5784508 Ball, wide-angle illuminator for eye surgery  
The illuminator of the invention takes relatively coherent light exiting from a fiber optic cable and spreads it in an even manner over a wide viewing area of an eye retina, and by securing a...
5779696 Method and apparatus for performing corneal reshaping to correct ocular refractive errors  
A noninvasive method is described for performing accurate and controlled reshaping of the anterior surface of the cornea in order to correct ocular refractive errors such as myopia...
5769844 Conventional light-pumped high power system for medical applications  
An optical system which utilizes a conventional light source to produce a narrowly focused beam of radiation having intensity similar to that produced by a laser. The system broadly includes an...
5762493 Hand-held unit for flushing the operating point of a laser light beam emerging from a light conductor  
In a hand-held unit (1) with a housing (2), with a light conductor (3) held in the housing (2), particularly for the dental treatment with laser light, and with a flushing means (4) directing...
5755850 Method of making a surgical laser fiber from a monolithic silica titania glass rod  
A new optical fiber and method of manufacturing the same developed for use with surgical laser systems. The fiber core utilizes an ultra-low expansion (ULE) material. The preferred ULE fiber...
5746737 Enclosure for a lasing device  
An attachable enclosure for a lateral lasing device comprising a fiber optic for emitting a laser beam and an exposed reflector for laterally reflecting the laser beam opposite the distal end of...
5733277 Optical fibre and laser for removal of arterial or vascular obstructions  
An apparatus and method of ablating obstructing vascular or arterial material is provided including a pre-polished optical fiber for providing a specific laser light path focal point inserted...
5725523 Lateral-and posterior-aspect method and apparatus for laser-assisted transmyocardial revascularization and other surgical applications  
A balloon end contact scope device for performing laser-assisted transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) or other surgical and catheter procedures, the device particularly adapted for delivery of...
5722972 Method and apparatus for ablation of atherosclerotic blockage  
There is provided an excimer laser catheter which also has at the distal end thereof a tip-deflecting wire, such as a relatively small-size balloon catheter, one which is located alongside and to...
5717806 Bifurcated randomized fiber bundle light cable for directing light from multiple light sources to single light output  
A fiber optic light cable can transmit light from one or more of multiple light originating areas to a light issuing end of the light cable. A main bundle of optic fibers extends from the light...
5709653 Photodynamic therapy balloon catheter with microporous membrane  
A photodynamic therapy balloon catheter with microporous membrane is provided which has an elongated optical fiber, an inner tubular member, a porous balloon member surrounding the inner tubular...
5707401 Apparatus for an efficient photodynamic treatment  
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for a therapeutic treatment of malignant solid tumors, consisting of a combined photodynamic therapy and hyperthermic treatment, said...
5703985 Optical fiber device and method for laser surgery procedures  
A device for use in laser surgical procedures for moving axially an optical fiber bundle that is connected at its proximal end to a source of laser energy. The distal end of the fiber bundle has a...
5700243 Balloon perfusion catheter  
The present invention is an improved balloon-type catheter with an integral fiber optic assembly for delivering light to a intraluminal target wherein the improvement comprises the use of a...
5700260 Endoscopic light delivery system  
An endoscopic light delivery system for delivering light to tissue includes a laser source for generating light. Fiber optics encased in a plastic buffer are optically coupled to the laser source...
5695482 UV treated catheter  
A unitary, flexible, substantially noncollapsible catheter tube of biocompatible material is comprised of hard and soft regions. The hard regions can be ring shaped or helical. The hard regions...
5693042 Identification device for surgical instrument  
A device is provided for identifying certain characteristics of an end piece or end effector of a surgical instrument. A preferred embodiment provides a surgical stapling instrument having an...
5693041 Laser delivery means ring stabilization method and apparatus for surgical and other procedures  
An apparatus for stabilizing a laser delivery device used during a surgical procedure by securing the laser delivery device to a surgeon's hand is defined by a finger mounting portion for securing...
5688261 Transparent laser surgical probe  
A laser surgical apparatus is disclosed in which laser energy can be directed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the probe. The probe includes a reflecting surface directing the laser...
5688264 Laser treatment for retinal detachment  
An endoprobe includes a tubular element having a proximal end and a distal end. At least one optical fiber element is disposed within the tubular element. A plurality of laser light outlets are...
5681307 Fiber-optic plug and receptacle providing automatic appliance recognition  
The present invention provides a system for communicating information from a detachable appliance to a base unit so that the base unit can calibrate its operation to match the characteristics of...
5674217 Heart synchronized extractor for an implanted object  
A lead extraction device synchronized to the cardiac cycle which utilizes laser light to separate an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from fibrous scar tissue and thereby permit the...
5672171 Apparatus and method for interstitial laser treatment  
An apparatus for delivering laser energy to a target through a radiation-transmitting waveguide having a distal end terminating in a tip which is in contact with the target during delivery, while...
5632767 Loop diffusers for diffusion of optical radiation  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for diffusing radiation from a optical fiber to provide a larger exposure area for phototherapy and to provide a substantially uniform energy distribution to a...
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