US 12,446,959 B2
Surgical laser system and laser fiber
Thomas Charles Hasenberg, Campbell, CA (US); Rongwei Jason Xuan, Fremont, CA (US); Brian P. Watschke, Minneapolis, MN (US); Douglas L. Evans, Andover, MN (US); Guangjian Wang, Falcon Heights, MN (US); Steven Yihlih Peng, Fremont, CA (US); and Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/541,270.
Application 16/541,270 is a continuation of application No. 15/954,888, filed on Apr. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,426,547.
Application 15/954,888 is a continuation of application No. 14/434,038, granted, now 9,968,403, issued on May 15, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2013/065181, filed on Oct. 16, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/714,453, filed on Oct. 16, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2019/0365468 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/22 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00517 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00625 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2018/207 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2266 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2272 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical laser system, comprising:
an optical fiber, the optical fiber comprising:
a probe tip at a distal end of the optical fiber, the probe tip comprising an optical surface, a distalmost end, a sidewall parallel to a longitudinal axis of the probe tip, and an outer wall,
wherein the optical surface is polished and angled to transmit a first laser energy to be emitted from the distalmost end of the probe tip and to reflect a second laser energy to the sidewall of the probe tip,
wherein the sidewall comprises a transmission surface configured to emit the second laser energy from the sidewall of the probe tip, and
wherein a wavelength of the second laser energy is less than a wavelength of the first laser energy.