US 2026/0248649 A1 · SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM INTEGRITY VERIFICATION

Abstract

In certain embodiments, a surgical laser system includes a laser probe and a laser subsystem. The laser probe is configured to emit a treatment light beam and an illumination light beam and receive a back-reflected illumination light beam. The laser subsystem includes a pulsed laser source, a continuous wave laser source, an optical sensor, and a controller. The pulsed laser source is configured to generate the treatment light beam in response to a control signal. The continuous wave laser source is configured to generate the illumination light beam. The optical sensor is configured to generate a data signal in response to receiving the back-reflected illumination light beam from the laser probe. The controller is configured to generate the control signal for the pulsed laser source, generate a restored back-reflected pulse based on back-reflected pulses in the data signal, and present the restored back-reflected pulse on a display.

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Dependent claims

A surgical laser system, comprising:

a laser probe configured to:
emit a treatment light beam,
emit an illumination light beam, and
receive a back-reflected illumination light beam;
and
a laser subsystem optically coupled to the laser probe, the laser subsystem comprising:
a pulsed laser source configured to generate the treatment light beam in response to a control signal comprising control pulses,
a continuous wave laser source configured to generate the illumination light beam,
an optical sensor configured to generate a data signal in response to receiving the back-reflected illumination light beam from the laser probe, the data signal comprising back-reflected pulses, and
a controller coupled to the pulsed laser source, the continuous wave laser source, and the optical sensor, the controller configured to:
generate the control signal for the pulsed laser source,
generate a restored back-reflected pulse based on the back-reflected pulses in the data signal, and
present the restored back-reflected pulse on a display.

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A method for a surgical laser system, the method comprising:

generating, at a controller, a control signal for a pulsed laser source, the control signal comprising control pulses;
generating, at the pulsed laser source, a treatment light beam in response to the control signal;
generating, at a continuous wave laser source, an illumination light beam;
generating, at an optical sensor, a data signal in response to receiving a back-reflected illumination light beam, the data signal comprising back-reflected pulses;
generating, at the controller, a restored back-reflected pulse based on the back-reflected pulses in the data signal;
and
presenting, on a display, the restored back-reflected pulse.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Surgical laser system integrity verification

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Surgical laser system integrity verification

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