Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Arnold
Kenneth J. Arnold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11253317Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy for tissue-type selective ejection of a volume of the target tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume. The pulses are set to be tissue selective.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold
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Publication number: 20200170722Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: GERALD MITCHELL, KENNETH J. ARNOLD
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Publication number: 20200163715Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy for tissue-type selective ejection of a volume of the target tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume. The pulses are set to be tissue selective.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Precise Light Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold
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Patent number: 10653482Abstract: A method for photoselective vaporization of prostate tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation has a wavelength and irradiance in the treatment area on the surface of the tissue sufficient because vaporization of a substantially greater volume of tissue than a volume of residual coagulated tissue caused by the laser radiation. The laser radiation is generated using a neodymium doped solid-state laser, including optics producing a second or higher harmonic output with greater than 60 watts average output power. The delivered laser radiation has a wavelength for example in a range of about 200 nm to about 650 nm, and has an average irradiance in the treatment area greater than about 10 kilowatts/cm2, in a spot size of at least 0.05 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Davenport, Steven G. Murray, Tony D. Coleman, Henry Garlich, Kenneth J. Arnold, Kester Nahen
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Publication number: 20180214210Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy for tissue-type selective ejection of a volume of the target tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume. The pulses are set to be tissue selective.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: GERALD MITCHELL, KENNETH J. ARNOLD
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Publication number: 20170189117Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: GERALD MITCHELL, KENNETH J ARNOLD
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Patent number: 9622819Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: PRECISE LIGHT SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold
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Patent number: 8881735Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Precise Light Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold
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Publication number: 20140221989Abstract: A method for photoselective vaporization of prostate tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation has a wavelength and irradiance in the treatment area on the surface of the tissue sufficient because vaporization of a substantially greater volume of tissue than a volume of residual coagulated tissue caused by the laser radiation. The laser radiation is generated using a neodymium doped solid-state laser, including optics producing a second or higher harmonic output with greater than 60 watts average output power. The delivered laser radiation has a wavelength for example in a range of about 200 nm to about 650 nm, and has an average irradiance in the treatment area greater than about 10 kilowatts/cm2, in a spot size of at least 0.05 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: LASERSCOPEInventors: SCOTT A. DAVENPORT, STEVEN C. MURRAY, TONY D. COLEMAN, HENRY GARLICH, KENNETH J. ARNOLD, KESTER NAHEN
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Publication number: 20130035676Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Precise Light Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold
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Publication number: 20110196355Abstract: A laser can produce pulses of light energy to eject a volume of the tissue, and the energy can be delivered to a treatment site through a waveguide, such as a fiber optic waveguide. The incident laser energy can be absorbed within a volume of the target tissue with a tissue penetration depth and pulse direction such that the propagation of the energy from the tissue volume is inhibited and such that the target tissue within the volume reaches the spinodal threshold of decomposition and ejects the volume, for example without substantial damage to tissue adjacent the ejected volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Precise Light Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Mitchell, Kenneth J. Arnold