Apparatus and procedure for ultraviolet laser ablation

• Main Author: VAN SAARLOOS PAUL PHILLIP
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.08.2006
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Apparatus for performing ultraviolet laser ablation of a surface, eg. an eye surface, including a laser delivery system ( 7 ) having a laser source ( 1 ) for generating a laser beam ( 2 ) and optics for applying the laser beam to the surface to be ablated, means ( 20, 20 ') for providing a comp...