Patent ID: 9414887
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G01N,G02B,G02F,G06N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications comprising: a laser system for producing pulses at <100femtoseconds (fs) and a spectral irradiance 1-10 GW/nm cm 2 ; and at least one of a pressurized cell containing a rare gas pressurized at 2-10 atmospheres and comprising at least one of Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr) and Xenon (Xe) and one or more fibers comprising at least one of microstructure fibers and photonic crystal fibers, for receiving the pulses for conversion into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition and application of the SC light at the specified rate of repetition to a tissue for medical and biological applications, wherein the pulses are focused through a lens having a focal length of approximately 100-200 centimeters (cm) for the pressurized cell, and the pulses are focused through a microscope objective lens having a magnification of approximately 10×-40× for the one or more fibers to create nonlinear optical effects in materials that excites molecules into upper electronic states to disassociate polyatomic bonds causing a breakdown in organic molecules for medical and biological applications including at least one of healing wounds, burns, cuts and bruises, fusing arteries, reducing scarring, producing angiogenesis, stimulating nerves, and killing bacteria, viruses and cancer cells.