Patents by Inventor Stephan DITTMAR

Stephan DITTMAR 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).

  • Tailored laser pulses for surgical applications
    Patent number: 11896300
    Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Falkenstein, Michael Schubert, Stephan Dittmar, Anna Butsch, Thomas Kremser
  • TAILORED LASER PULSES FOR SURGICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210137596
    Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner FALKENSTEIN, Michael SCHUBERT, Stephan DITTMAR, Anna BUTSCH, Thomas KREMSER
  • Tailored laser pulses for surgical applications
    Patent number: 10893906
    Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Falkenstein, Michael Schubert, Stephan Dittmar, Anna Butsch, Thomas Kremser
  • TAILORED LASER PULSES FOR SURGICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180092693
    Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner FALKENSTEIN, Michael SCHUBERT, Stephan DITTMAR, Anna BUTSCH, Thomas KREMSER