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Title: |
US4757515:
Laser tube casing
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Hughes, John L.; Canberra, Australia

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Assignee: |
Hughes Technology Pty Ltd.
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Published / Filed: |
1988-07-12
/ 1985-05-14

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Application Number: |
US1985000734313

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H01S 3/02;
A61B 18/20;
A61B 19/00;
IPC-7:
A61B 17/36;
H01S 3/00;

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ECLA Code: |
H01S3/02; K61B18/20B; K61B19/48J;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
372/109;
219/121.6;
372/107;
606/002;
Original:
372/109;
128/303.1;
128/303.14;
128/396;
219/121.6;
372/107;

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Field of Search: |
372/109,107
128/303.1,362,395,396,397,398,303.13,303.14
219/121.6

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Priority Number: |
| 1984-05-14 |
AU1984000004972 |

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Abstract: |
A, safe, hand-held laser beam generator, moulded plastic casing containing grooves for acvcurately aligning said laser beam generator, with cable anchoring means to prevent both the lateral and rotational movement of laser generator. The invention has application in surgery, theraputic treatments, laser pointing and materials processing.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Cushman, Darby and Cushman ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Davie, James W.; Epps, Georgia Y.

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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A hand-held portable laser generating system for use in surgical applications comprising
- outer casing means having a first half section and a second half section, each of said first half section and said second half section having a plurality of grooves formed in an interior portion thereof which together form a plurality of annular interior grooves in said outer casing means when said first half section and said second half section are joined together, said first and second half portions of said outer casing means further defining a tip portion having a groove therein through which a bundle of optical fibers may pass;
- means for generating a laser beam disposed within said outer casing means;
- O-ring means positioned in said grooves for surrounding and supporting said generating means, whereby said generating means may be precisely positioned in said outer casing means; and
- means for carrying a laser beam produced by said generating means to a surgical tool, said carrying means being disposed in said groove.

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