US 7,320,594 B1 | ||
Fluid and laser system | ||
Ioana M. Rizoiu, Dana Point, Calif. (US); and Andrew I. Kimmel, San Clemente, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to Biolase Technology, Inc., Irvine, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on May 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/435,325. | ||
Application 10/435325 is a division of application No. 09/997550, filed on Nov. 27, 2001, granted, now 6,561,803. | ||
Application 09/997550 is a continuation of application No. 09/256697, filed on Feb. 24, 1999, granted, now 6,350,123. | ||
Application 09/256697 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/985513, filed on Dec. 05, 1997, abandoned. | ||
Application 08/985513 is a continuation of application No. 08/522503, filed on Aug. 31, 1995, granted, now 5,741,247. | ||
Application 10/435325 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/995241, filed on Dec. 17, 1997, abandoned. | ||
Application 08/995241 is a continuation of application No. 08/575775, filed on Dec. 20, 1995, granted, now 5,785,521. | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. A61C 3/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 433—29 [433/80; 606/10] | 43 Claims |
1. An apparatus for implementing a medical procedure, comprising:
an electromagnetic energy source constructed to route electromagnetic energy through a fiber optic and to emit a peak concentration
of the electromagnetic energy into a volume relative to the electromagnetic energy source, the fiber optic extending to the
volume; and
a fluid router comprising a biologically compatible fluid and being constructed to route the biologically compatible fluid
into and throughout the volume;
wherein the fluid router comprises an output for directing the biologically compatible fluid into the volume, the biologically
compatible fluid being distributed in such a way that, when placed into the volume and irradiated with the electromagnetic
energy, a portion of the biologically compatible fluid in the volume substantially absorbs a portion of the electromagnetic
energy, thereby causing the portion of the biologically compatible fluid in the volume to expand, and when placed into the
volume above an operating site to expand and impart disruptive forces onto the operating site.
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