Appeal No. 95-0065
Application 07/568,348
In the first paragraph under "DISCUSSION" on page 340, to
which the examiner refers, supra, Horn discloses the desirable
characteristics of a laser used for lens capsulotomies, as
follows:
The new "cool" lens capsulotomy laser
described in this report was developed to
operate at a previously untried wavelength
region: 1200-1290 nm. This region is well
suited for lens capsulotomies, having high
corneal and anterior segment transmission,
high intraocular lens transmission, low
ocular media transmission and retinal
absorption, and relatively high water
absorption.
L'Esperance discloses apparatus for performing
surgery on the eye, using a CO laser. In a variation shown
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in Fig. 4, L'Esperance discloses that the laser beam may be
transmitted to the probe at the distal end through a fiber
optics bundle 62. However, in that case L'Esperance states
that "[w]hen using bundle 62 the laser 22 should be some type
other than carbon dioxide such as argon" (col. 4, lines 2 to
4).
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