Patent ID: 8403922
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A handpiece for laser treating a tissue target surface, comprising: a housing; a waveguide extending within the housing; a window supported by the housing and coupled to receive and output an electromagnetic energy from the waveguide: a reflector supported by the housing and aligned to redirect the electromagnetic energy outputted from the window; a tip supported by the housing in a position to receive the electromagnetic energy from the reflector d shaped to generate an output of the electromagnetic energy that converges to a predefined configuration at a predefined distance from an emitting surface of the tip: and a beam guide projecting from the housing a reference distance that locates the emitting surface of the tip at the predefined distance from the tissue target surface when the beam guide contacts the tissue target surface, whereby the beam guide can ensure that the output of the electromagnetic energy will have the predefined configuration at the tissue target surface.