Regan A Logan

US Patent:

54033063, Apr 4, 1995

Filed:

Jun 22, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/080915

Inventors:

Glenn S. Edwards - Nashville TN
Regan A. Logan - Nashville TN
Denis M. O'Day - Nashville TN
Michael Copeland - Nashville TN

Assignee:

Vanderbilt University - Nashville TN

International Classification:

A61N 506

US Classification:

606 3

Abstract:

A laser surgery method is disclosed for use in efficient ablation of tissue with little or no thermal damage to adjacent tissues. The wavelength of the surgical laser is tuned to an absorption peak of a proteinaceous material or functional groups contained therein, the amides for example. A suitable power level is chosen to either vaporize or liquify the targeted tissue.