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AssigneeW&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH
InventorsMartin Strassl, Harald Schorghofer, Anton Kasenbacher
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The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus for plasma-induced ablation having a laser light source for generating a processing laser beam, a focussing means for focussing the processing laser beam and an optical detection device for detecting the plasma radiation generated during an ablation, in which case the laser processing apparatus comprises an evaluation and/or control unit, the optical detection device being designed in such a way that it can output to the evaluation and/or control unit a signal dependent on the intensity of the detected plasma radiation, and the laser processing apparatus is designed in such a way that it can automatically be switched from a processing mode into a quiescent mode and/or from the quiescent mode into the processing mode, in a manner dependent on said signal.
A laser processing apparatus for plasma-induced ablation having
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein the laser processing apparatus furthermore comprises an activation device (100), which can be actuated by a user and is designed in such a way that the laser processing apparatus is in the quiescent mode if it is not actuated by the user.
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein it furthermore comprises a delay device (84).
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein the laser processing apparatus is designed in such a way that the threshold value or values and/or the fluence of the processing laser beam (20) are adjustable.
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein it furthermore comprises a synchronizing device (86), which adapts the optical detection device (70) and/or the evaluation and/or control unit (80) to the radiation characteristic of the laser light source (10).
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein it furthermore comprises a device for generating a pilot laser beam.
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein it furthermore comprises a device for optical, acoustic and/or tactile indication of the mode of the laser processing apparatus.
The laser processing apparatus as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein it furthermore comprises a device for generating a distance indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.