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

Claim 0:
1. A laser system, comprising:
a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium; and
a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping, wherein the plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses include (a) one electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) a plurality of electrical pulses following the one electrical pulse, wherein the quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the plurality of electrical pulses, and
wherein the one electrical pulse is configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level above 80% of the lasing threshold and below the lasing threshold.