Patent
Laser processing device and method for processing biological tissue
Anton Kasenbacher
- 19 Aug 2009
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TL;DR: In this paper, a laser processing device consisting of a laser beam source (10) for providing a pulsed processing laser beam (50), a laserbeam output coupler unit (70) for output coupling the laser beam in the direction toward an area of tissue to be processed, and an emission device (25) for emitting a photosensitizer in a direction toward a surrounding area of the area of a tissue to process.
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Abstract: A laser processing device according to the invention comprises a laser beam source (10) for providing a pulsed processing laser beam (50), a laser beam output coupler unit (70) for output coupling the laser beam (50) in the direction toward an area of tissue to be processed, and an emission device (25) for emitting a photosensitizer in the direction toward a surrounding area of the area of the tissue to be processed, wherein the emission device (25) is connected to the output coupler unit (70). A method according to the invention further provides that the laser pulses are emitted at a half-width time in a range from 1 ps to 100 ps.
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Method for material machining and laser machining device for material machining
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- 18 Jan 2010
TL;DR: A laser machining device according to the invention comprises a laser beam source (10) for providing a pulsed processing laser beam (50), a laser beacon aligning unit (70) for output coupling the laser beam in the direction toward an area of material to be machined, and an emission device (25) for emitting a photosensitizer in the directed direction toward a surrounding area of the area to be manufactured.
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