Patent ID: 6527764
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A laser delivery system combining delivery of a primary surgical/activating laser energy and of a lower power biomodulating laser energy, aimed at biostimulating/biosupressing cellular proliferation as required at a treatment site to enhance wound healing comprising:at least two distinct laser sources; a first laser source emitting high-power laser energy for performing laser surgical/activation functions; a second laser source emitting a low-power laser energy for performing biomodulating functions including biostimulation, biosupression and immunostimulation; a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, each having a proximal end and a distal end; an optical coupler with an input end and an output end; wherein said first optical fiber's proximal end is optically connected to said first laser source and said first optical fiber's distal end is optically connected to said optical coupler's input end, and wherein said second optical fiber's proximal end is optically connected to said second laser source and said second optical fiber's distal end is optically connected to said optical coupler's input end; an optical output structure with a proximal end and a distal end; passing through a hand piece; wherein said hand piece maintains a fixed orientation of said optical output structure during treatment; and wherein said high-power laser energy passing through said first optical fiber is coupled to said proximal end of said output structure at said output end of said optical coupler and said low-power laser energy passing through said second optical fiber is coupled to said proximal end of said output structure at said output end of said optical coupler, and wherein said high power energy and low power energy have independent/exclusive optical paths to said distal end of said output structure, from which high power and low power energy beams are projected.