US 11,674,677 B2
Controlling the integral light energy of a laser pulse
Joshua D. Talbert, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Donald M. Wichern, Ogden, UT (US); and Laurent Blanquart, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Assigned to DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on May 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/886,579.
Application 16/886,579 is a continuation of application No. 15/722,997, filed on Oct. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,670,248.
Application 15/722,997 is a continuation of application No. 14/214,795, filed on Mar. 15, 2014, granted, now 9,777,913, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/799,626, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0292160 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F21V 23/00 (2015.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/003 (2013.01) [A61B 1/063 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
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1. A system for providing illumination for an endoscopic device, the system comprising:
a light source comprising a plurality of light bundles, wherein each light bundle comprises a plurality of light emitters, wherein the light source sequentially pulses electromagnetic energy in a plurality of individual electromagnetic partitions and each of the plurality of light bundles corresponds to one of the plurality of individual electromagnetic partitions;
an electromagnetic sensor embedded within the light source to sense electromagnetic energy emitted from at least one, but less than all, of the plurality of light emitters within each of the plurality of light bundles; and
a control circuit in electronic communication with the electromagnetic sensor and the at least one of the plurality of light emitters;
wherein the electromagnetic sensor receives electromagnetic energy from at least one of the plurality of light emitters, and wherein the electromagnetic sensor measures an amount of electromagnetic energy generated by the at least one of the plurality of light emitters.