APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE COMPRISING AN OPTICAL COUPLER

    公开(公告)号:US20240225897A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18609999

    申请日:2024-03-19

    Applicant: KERANOVA

    Abstract: The present invention concerns a cutting apparatus including a femtosecond laser, a shaping system downstream from the femtosecond laser, for forming a phase-modulated laser beam, an optical scanner downstream from the shaping system, and optical focusing system downstream from the optical scanner, a control unit for controlling the shaping system, the optical scanner and the optical focusing system, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises an optical coupler between the femtosecond laser and the shaping system, the optical coupler including a photonic crystal optical fiber for filtering the phase-modulated laser beam coming from the shaping system.

    SWEEPING OPTICAL SCANNER OF AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING-OUT A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE

    公开(公告)号:US20230134190A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17951231

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R. beam in a focusing plane and a depth-positioning module for displacing the focusing plane into a plurality of cutting-out planes, a sweeping optical scanner (4) positioned between the concentrator module and the depth-positioning module for displacing the pattern in the cutting-out plane in a plurality of positions.

    Coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue to be treated

    公开(公告)号:US11376160B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16485975

    申请日:2018-02-23

    Applicant: KERANOVA

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue (2) to be treated, characterized in that the coupling interface comprises —a ring (3) including: ⋅a side wall (31), ⋅a proximal end (311) intended to come into contact with the tissue (2) to be treated, and ⋅a distal end (312) intended to receive the end of the laser source; —a window (32) transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being mounted in a sealed manner on the distal end (312) of the ring (3) in such a way as to close the distal end (312) of the ring (3).

    OPTICAL FOCUSING SYSTEM OF AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING-OUT A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE

    公开(公告)号:US20190159933A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US16091711

    申请日:2017-04-06

    Applicant: KERANOVA

    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.

    Sweeping optical scanner of an apparatus for cutting-out a human or animal tissue

    公开(公告)号:US11452637B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16091881

    申请日:2017-04-06

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R. beam in a focusing plane and a depth-positioning module for displacing the focusing plane into a plurality of cutting-out planes, a sweeping optical scanner (4) positioned between the concentrator module and the depth-positioning module for displacing the pattern in the cutting-out plane in a plurality of positions.

    SWEEPING OPTICAL SCANNER OF AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING-OUT A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE

    公开(公告)号:US20200030145A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16091881

    申请日:2017-04-06

    Applicant: KERANOVA

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R. beam in a focusing plane and a depth-positioning module for displacing the focusing plane into a plurality of cutting-out planes, a sweeping optical scanner (4) positioned between the concentrator module and the depth-positioning module for displacing the pattern in the cutting-out plane in a plurality of positions.

    Cutting device with optical coupler including a polarisation corrector

    公开(公告)号:US12076276B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17627827

    申请日:2020-07-17

    Applicant: KERANOVA

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting device comprising: a laser source (1) for emitting an initial laser beam (11) in the form of pulses, a shaping system (2) positioned downstream of the femtosecond laser (1), for transforming the initial laser beam (11) into a single phase-modulated laser beam, an optical coupler (3) between the laser source (1) and the shaping system (2), the optical coupler (3) including an optical fibre (31), remarkable in that the cutting device further comprises a polarisation corrector (7) for modifying the polarisation of the initial laser beam (11) at an input end of the optical coupler (3) such that the polarisation of the laser beam at an output end of the optical coupler (3) corresponds to a desired reference polarisation.

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