METHOD OF USING SUPERCONTINUUM LIGHT FOR MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method and an apparatus are provided for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications is provided. Pulses are focused from a laser system into at least one of a pressurized cell and one or more fibers. A pump pulse is converted into the SC light at a specified rate of repetition. The SC light is applied at the specified rate of repetition to tissue for medical and biological applications.

主权项

1. A method of photo-activating molecular components within a matrix and/or cells of biological tissue to be treated for a specified medical condition, comprising the steps of exposing the tissue to pulses of supercontinuum light; selecting at least one predetermined band of the supercontinuum light to excite electronic states of native molecules and/or overtone and combinational vibrational states of the native molecules associated with specified medical condition; and adjusting the rate of said pulses and duration of exposure to treat the specified medical condition using one, two and three photon absorption using selected zones in SC light.