Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090067189A1/en
Timestamp: 2019-10-17 14:53:38
Document Index: 752918334

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60']

US20090067189A1 - Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule - Google Patents
US20090067189A1
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US12/264,171
2005-06-07 Priority to US58953605P priority Critical
2005-07-20 Priority to US11/186,619 priority patent/US7292759B2/en
2007-09-27 Priority to US11/904,677 priority patent/US7461982B2/en
2008-11-03 Priority to US12/264,171 priority patent/US20090067189A1/en
2008-11-03 Assigned to BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. reassignment BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: BOUTOUSSOV, DMITRI, JONES, JEFFREY W., RIZOIU, IOANA M.
2009-03-12 Publication of US20090067189A1 publication Critical patent/US20090067189A1/en
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/904,677, filed Sep. 27, 2007 and entitled CONTRA-ANGLE ROTATING HANDPIECE HAVING TACTILE-FEEDBACK TIP FERRULE (Docket BI9798DIV1), which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/186,619 (Docket BI9798P), filed Jul. 20, 2005 and entitled CONTRA-ANGLE ROTATING HANDPIECE HAVING TACTILE-FEEDBACK TIP FERRULE, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,292,759, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. U.S. application Ser. No. 11/186,619 claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/589,536, filed Jul. 20, 2004 and entitled CONTRA-ANGLE ROTATING HANDPIECE HAVING TACTILE-FEEDBACK TIP FERRULE. This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/033,031, filed Jan. 10, 2005 and entitled HANDPIECE HAVING ILLUMINATION AND LASER OUTPUTS.
The present invention contemplates constructions and uses of visual feedback implements (e.g., cameras) as described in, for example, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/688,109, filed Jun. 6, 2005 and entitled ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EMITTING TOOTHBRUSH AND DENTIFRICE SYSTEM (Att. Docket B19887PR), and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/687,991, filed Jun. 6, 2005 and entitled METHODS FOR TREATING EYE CONDITIONS (Att. Docket B19879PR), on (e.g., attached) or in a vicinity of (e.g., on or near, attached or not, output ends) of electromagnetic energy output devices (e.g., lasers and dental lasers), wherein such output devices, constructions and uses can be, in whole or in part, including any associated methods, modifications, combinations, permutations, and alterations of any constructions(s) or use(s) described or referenced herein or recognizable as included or includable in view of that described or referenced herein by one skilled in the art, to the extent not mutually exclusive, as described in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/033,032, filed Jan. 10, 2005 and entitled ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED DISRUPTIVE CUTTING (Att. Docket B19842P), U.S. application Ser. No. 11/033,043, filed Jan. 10, 2005 and entitled TISSUE REMOVER AND METHOD (Att. Docket B19830P), U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/601,415, filed Aug. 13, 2004 and entitled DUAL PULSE-WIDTH MEDICAL LASER WITH PRESETS (Att. Docket B19808PR), U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/601,415, filed Sep. 17, 2004 and entitled LASER HANDPIECE ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS (Att. Docket B19806PR), and U.S. application Ser. No. 09/848,010, filed May 2, 2001 and entitled DERMATOLOGICAL CUTTING AND ABLATING DEVICE (Att. Docket B19485P), the entire contents of all which are incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, the sensor may comprise one or more visual feedback implements. The visual feedback implement can be used, for example, (a) in a form that is integrated into a handpiece or output end of an electromagnetic energy output device, (b) in a form that is attached to the handpiece or electromagnetic energy output device, or (c) in conjunction with (e.g., not attached to) the handpiece or electromagnetic energy output device, wherein such handpieces and devices can facilitate cutting, ablating, treatments, and the like. Treatments can include low-level light treatments such as described in the above referenced U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/687,991 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/687,256, filed Jun. 3, 2005 and entitled TISSUE TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, the entire contents of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a facility may be provided for mixing spray air and spray water that may be directed toward a target surface. An illustration of an embodiment of a chamber for mixing spray air and spray water in the distal portion 24 of handpiece 100 is shown in FIG. 2 a. A mixing chamber 80 (see also FIG. 2) comprises an air intake 83, which is connected to, for example, tubing (not shown) in the elongate body 12 that supplies spray air. Similarly, a water intake 84 receives fluid (e.g., water) from, for example, tubing (not shown) in the elongate body 12 that supplies water. The air intake 83 and the water intake 84, which may have circular cross-sections about 250 μm in diameter, join at an angle 82 that may approximate 1100 in a typical embodiment. In certain embodiments, mixing may occur or begin to occur in a neighborhood where the air intake 83 and water intake 84 join, and a spray mixture 86 of water and air (e.g., particles or atomized particles) may be ejected through a fluid output 85. Fluid output 85 may have a circular cross-section measuring about 350 μm in diameter. A typical embodiment can comprise, for example, three such fluid outputs surrounding the tip 40 and tip ferrule 50 illustrated in FIG. 2. These fluid outputs may, for example, correspond to, comprise parts of, or comprise substantially all of, any of fluid outputs described in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/042,824, filed Jan. 24, 2005 and entitled ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS, to the extent compatible, or, in other embodiments, structures described in the referenced provisional patent application may be modified to be compatible with the present invention.
an illumination device capable of transmitting concentrated and relatively less-concentrated electromagnetic energies from a proximal end to a distal end thereof;
overlapping reflective surfaces facing about the same direction and being aligned to direct the electromagnetic energies therefrom toward the distal end; and
a handpiece comprising a waveguide coupled to receive, and output from a treatment end to a target, the electromagnetic energies.
2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the concentrated electromagnetic energy is infrared electromagnetic energy and the relatively less-concentrated electromagnetic energy is visible electromagnetic energy, and wherein the handpiece comprises:
a tip ferrule insertable into the treatment end, the tip ferrule comprising a distal end; and
a fiber tip insertable into the tip ferrule, the fiber tip being capable of receiving electromagnetic energy from at least one of the reflectors and outputting the electromagnetic energy toward a target.
3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the tip ferrule comprises one or more locking shoulders capable of engaging a recess disposed in the treatment end, whereby insertion of the tip ferrule into the treatment end provides one or more of an audible feedback and a tactile feedback.
5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the fiber tip is secured within the tip ferrule by operation of a cavity formed in the distal end of the tip ferrule, the cavity surrounding but not contacting the fiber tip.
6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the fiber tip is secured by an adhesive disposed within the cavity.
7. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the apparatus propagates the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy concentrically disposed around the concentrated electromagnetic energy.
8. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the tip ferrule comprises a recess and the treatment end comprises one or more locking shoulders capable of engaging the recess, whereby insertion of the tip ferrule into the treatment end provides one or more of an audible feedback and a tactile feedback.
9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the tip ferrule comprises:
10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the illumination device comprises:
a first plurality of optical fibers capable of receiving the concentrated and less-concentrated electromagnetic energies at the proximal end and of directing the received electromagnetic energies to the handpiece; and
a second plurality of optical fibers capable of receiving less-concentrated electromagnetic energy, which is reflected from a target back into the apparatus, from the handpiece and of directing the received less-concentrated electromagnetic energy to the proximal end of the illumination device.
11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein during operation the handpiece is capable of rotating about an axis of the illumination device.
12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the reflectors are capable of directing electromagnetic energy from the distal end of the illumination device to a target independent of an angle of rotation of the handpiece.
13. An apparatus having a proximal end and a distal end holdable by a hand of a user, the apparatus comprising:
a treatment end having a recess disposed on an inner surface thereof;
an output waveguide comprising a locking shoulder capable of engaging the recess and a configuration for outputting first and second electromagnetic radiations of different characteristics; and
reflective surfaces aligned (a) in focused regions of, (b) for receipt from about the same direction of, and (c) for redirecting of, the first and second electromagnetic radiations for emission from the distal end.
14. The illumination device as set forth in claim 13, wherein:
the first electromagnetic radiation is supplied from at least one of an Er:YAG laser, an Er:YSGG laser, an Er, Cr:YSGG laser and a CTE:YAG laser; and
the treatment end comprises a fluid output configured to output fluid at the distal end.
15. The illumination device as set forth in claim 13, and further comprising a plurality of fluid outputs, concentrically arranged around a propagation path of the first electromagnetic radiation and configured to output fluid at the distal end, at least one of the fluid outputs being configured to output fluid particles comprising water.
16. The illumination device as set forth in claim 13, and further comprising a fluid output, wherein:
the fluid output comprises an atomizer configured to place atomized fluid particles into a volume; and
the treatment end is configured to output the first electromagnetic radiation in such a way as to impart relatively large amounts of energy into the atomized fluid particles in the volume to thereby expand the atomized fluid particles whereby during use when the volume is positioned above a target disruptive forces are imparted to the target.
an illumination device having a proximal end, a distal end, and an alignment to transmit concentrated and relatively less-concentrated electromagnetic energies therebetween;
a handpiece waveguide positioned to receive the energies from the distal end for directing thereof from a treatment end to a target; and
first and second reflectors at different distances from the treatment end with about the same location and alignment, for directing the energies between the distal end and the handpiece waveguide.
18. The apparatus as set forth in claim 17, and further characterized by the handpiece waveguide comprising a fiber tip and one or more tip waveguides, the first reflector being capable of receiving the concentrated electromagnetic energy from an electromagnetic energy conduit and directing the concentrated electromagnetic energy to the fiber tip, and the second reflector being capable of receiving the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy from one or more conduits and directing the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy to the one or more tip waveguides.
19. The apparatus as set forth in claim 17, wherein the first reflector is concentrically disposed and centered over the second reflector.
the first reflector is capable of receiving the concentrated and less-concentrated electromagnetic energies and directing them to an output fiber tip, the output fiber tip directing the concentrated and less-concentrated electromagnetic energies away from the apparatus; and
the second reflector is capable of receiving the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy and directing the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy to one or more tip waveguides of the handpiece, the one or more tip waveguides directing the less-concentrated electromagnetic energy away from the handpiece.
21. The apparatus as set forth in claim 17, wherein the first reflector at least partially eclipses the second reflector, relative to a direction of propagation of electromagnetic energy to the first reflector.
22. The apparatus as set forth in claim 17, the second mirror eclipsing at least a part of the first mirror and being capable of receiving concentrated electromagnetic energy that in the absence of the second mirror would contact the first mirror and be routed through at least part of the handpiece tip to the target surface.
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