WO1997010768A2 - Apparatus and method for laser vaporization of hard tissue - Google Patents
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Priority Applications (4)
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BR9610936-0A BR9610936A (en) | 1995-09-07 | 1996-09-04 | Process and apparatus for vaporizing any hard tissue and any deposits on hard tissue. |
AU68883/96A AU6888396A (en) | 1995-09-07 | 1996-09-04 | Apparatus and method for laser vaporization of hard tissue |
JP51254197A JP2002517159A (en) | 1995-09-07 | 1996-09-04 | Apparatus and method for laser vaporization removal of hard tissue |
EP96929502A EP0854692A2 (en) | 1995-09-07 | 1996-09-04 | Apparatus and method for laser vaporization of hard tissue |
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US336195P | 1995-09-07 | 1995-09-07 | |
US60/003,361 | 1995-09-07 |
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WO1997010768A2 true WO1997010768A2 (en) | 1997-03-27 |
WO1997010768A3 WO1997010768A3 (en) | 1997-07-10 |
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PCT/IL1996/000099 WO1997010768A2 (en) | 1995-09-07 | 1996-09-04 | Apparatus and method for laser vaporization of hard tissue |
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EP (1) | EP0854692A2 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002517159A (en) |
KR (1) | KR19990044706A (en) |
AU (1) | AU6888396A (en) |
BR (1) | BR9610936A (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997010768A2 (en) |
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US11202674B2 (en) | 2018-04-03 | 2021-12-21 | Convergent Dental, Inc. | Laser system for surgical applications |
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US5267856A (en) | 1991-09-20 | 1993-12-07 | Premier Laser Systems, Inc. | Laser surgical method |
US5342198A (en) | 1988-03-14 | 1994-08-30 | American Dental Technologies, Inc. | Dental laser |
US5401171A (en) | 1992-07-20 | 1995-03-28 | Paghdiwala; Abid F. | Dental laser device and method |
US5411502A (en) | 1992-01-15 | 1995-05-02 | Laser Industries, Ltd. | System for causing ablation of irradiated material of living tissue while not causing damage below a predetermined depth |
US5458594A (en) | 1991-08-28 | 1995-10-17 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Method and apparatus for the treatment of hard biological material, such as hard dental material, using lasers |
US5546214A (en) | 1995-09-13 | 1996-08-13 | Reliant Technologies, Inc. | Method and apparatus for treating a surface with a scanning laser beam having an improved intensity cross-section |
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- 1996-09-04 WO PCT/IL1996/000099 patent/WO1997010768A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-09-04 AU AU68883/96A patent/AU6888396A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1996-09-04 JP JP51254197A patent/JP2002517159A/en active Pending
- 1996-09-04 EP EP96929502A patent/EP0854692A2/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1996-09-04 BR BR9610936-0A patent/BR9610936A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-09-04 KR KR1019980705545A patent/KR19990044706A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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US5458594A (en) | 1991-08-28 | 1995-10-17 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Method and apparatus for the treatment of hard biological material, such as hard dental material, using lasers |
US5267856A (en) | 1991-09-20 | 1993-12-07 | Premier Laser Systems, Inc. | Laser surgical method |
US5411502A (en) | 1992-01-15 | 1995-05-02 | Laser Industries, Ltd. | System for causing ablation of irradiated material of living tissue while not causing damage below a predetermined depth |
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D. FRIED ET AL.: "MULTIPLE PULSE IRRADIATION OF DENTAL HARD TISSUES AT CO2 LASER WAVELENGTH", SPIE (1995), vol. 2394, pages 41-50 |
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W. SEKA ET AL.: "TIME-DEPENDENT REFLECTION AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES DURING CO2 LASER IRRADIATION OF DENTAL HARD TISSUE WITH 10-US PULSES", SPIE (1995), vol. 2394, pages 51-66 |
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EP1613231A2 (en) * | 2003-04-01 | 2006-01-11 | B.E.D. Laser Technologies Ltd. | System, apparatus and method for large area tissue ablation |
WO2007007336A1 (en) * | 2005-07-14 | 2007-01-18 | Light Instruments Ltd. | Laser ablation apparatus useful for hard tissue removal |
US8419718B2 (en) | 2007-05-15 | 2013-04-16 | Ams Research Corporation | Laser handle and fiber guard |
US9770605B2 (en) | 2008-10-03 | 2017-09-26 | Mirabilis Medica, Inc. | System for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound |
EP2331207A2 (en) * | 2008-10-03 | 2011-06-15 | Mirabilis Medica Inc. | Method and apparatus for treating tissues with hifu |
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US9050449B2 (en) | 2008-10-03 | 2015-06-09 | Mirabilis Medica, Inc. | System for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound |
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US10624715B2 (en) | 2009-07-30 | 2020-04-21 | Convergent Dental, Inc. | Dental laser system and treatment method |
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US11744641B2 (en) | 2016-05-06 | 2023-09-05 | Convergent Dental, Inc. | Systems and methods for pulsing and directing a pulsed laser beam to treat dental tissue |
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JP2002517159A (en) | 2002-06-11 |
EP0854692A2 (en) | 1998-07-29 |
WO1997010768A3 (en) | 1997-07-10 |
KR19990044706A (en) | 1999-06-25 |
BR9610936A (en) | 2000-02-01 |
AU6888396A (en) | 1997-04-09 |
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