Medical laser device
AssigneeLutronic Corporation
InventorHee Chul Lee
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Abstract
A medical handpiece having a laser irradiation unit connected to a body for generating a laser beam, so as to irradiate a subject with the laser beam; a laser tip which is brought into contact with a predetermined surgical site of the subject so as to guide the laser thereto; a sensor installed in the laser tip so as to measure pressure applied by the laser tip to the predetermined surgical site; and a processor for checking whether the measured pressure is within the pressure range set for the predetermined surgical site, determining, according to the result of the checking, whether the pressure applied to the predetermined surgical site needs to be adjusted, and performing control such that a guide signal for the laser tip is output.
Claims12
A medical handpiece comprising:
- a laser irradiation unit connected to a body for generating a laser, so as to irradiate a subject with the laser;
- a laser guide tip extending from one side of a distal end of the laser irradiation unit, the laser guide tip configured to contact a predetermined surgical site of the subject so as to guide the laser thereto;
- a sensor including a plurality of sub-sensors arranged at a predetermined interval and installed in an end of the laser guide tip so as to measure pressure applied by the laser guide tip to the predetermined surgical site, wherein the plurality of sub-sensors are configured so as to contact the predetermined surgical site to measure a tension induced by medical handpiece manipulation via contact of the laser guide tip to the predetermined surgical site;
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- a processor for checking whether the measured pressure is within the pressure range set for the predetermined surgical site, determining, according to the result of the checking, whether the pressure applied to the predetermined surgical site needs to be adjusted, and performing control such that a guide signal for the laser guide tip is output.
A medical laser device comprising:
- a body for generating a laser;
- a handpiece connected to the body, so as to irradiate the laser;
- a sensor including a plurality of sub-sensors arranged at a predetermined interval and installed in an end of a laser guide tip extending from one side of a distal end of the handpiece and measuring the pressure applied by the laser guide tip to a predetermined surgical site of a subject, wherein the plurality of sub-sensors are configured so as to contact the predetermined surgical site to measure a tension induced by handpiece manipulation via contact of the laser guide tip to the predetermined surgical site;
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- a processor for checking whether the measured pressure is within the pressure range set for the predetermined surgical site, determining, according to the result of the checking, whether the pressure applied to the predetermined surgical site needs to be adjusted, and performing control such that a guide signal for the laser guide tip is output.
A computer-readable storage medium on which commands that can be executed by a program, are stored, comprising:
- a first command for measuring the pressure applied by a laser guide tip to a predetermined surgical site of a subject through a sensor including a plurality of sub-sensors arranged at a predetermined interval and installed in an end of the laser guide tip extending from one side of a distal end of a handpiece, wherein the plurality of sub-sensors are configured so as to contact the predetermined surgical site to measure a tension induced by medical handpiece manipulation via contact of the laser guide tip to the predetermined surgical site;
- a second command for checking whether the measured pressure is within a pressure range set for the predetermined surgical site;
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- a third command for determining, according to the result of the checking, whether the pressure applied to the predetermined surgical site needs to be adjusted, and performing control so that a guide signal for the laser guide tip is output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.