Patent ID: 11896300
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. A method of using a laser system having a lasing medium, comprising:
directing a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, wherein the plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse, wherein a first pulse of the multiple second electrical pulses increases the energy level of the lasing medium above the lasing threshold; and
outputting a quasi-continuous laser pulse from the lasing medium in response to the multiple second electrical pulses, wherein the quasi-continuous laser pulse is one of (a) a single laser pulse having a continuous waveform, or (b) a plurality of temporally spaced apart laser pulses having a frequency greater than or equal to 1 kHz.