Surgery is performed with pulsed heat means that selectively destroys tissue using a coherent optical source guided by laser fiber.

Harvey E. Cline, Thomas R. Anthony

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Patent Number: US 5307812 A

Filing Date: 1991-08-29

Publication Date: 1994-05-03

Status: Expired – Lifetime

Current Assignee: Insightec Ltd / General Electric Co

Applicants: General Electric Co.

IPC/CPC Classifications: A61B5/055;;A61B18/00;;G01R3

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