Global Patent Index - EP 2291224 A2

EP 2291224 A2 20110309 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING A SURFACE WITH CONTINUOUS-WAVE OR PULSED LIGHT

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING A SURFACE WITH CONTINUOUS-WAVE OR PULSED LIGHT

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR BESTRAHLUNG EINER OBERFLÄCHE MIT KONTINUIERLICHEM WELLEN- ODER PULSLICHT

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT L IRRADIATION D UNE SURFACE AVEC UNE LUMIÈRE À ONDE CONTINUE OU PULSÉE

Publication

EP 2291224 A2 20110309 (EN)

Application

EP 09722350 A 20090313

Priority

  • US 2009037121 W 20090313
  • US 3766808 P 20080318
  • US 38929409 A 20090219

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009117323A2] A method and apparatus irradiates a surface with at least one light beam emitted from an emission surface of an optical element. The at least one light beam has a cross-sectional area greater than about 2 cm2, and a time-averaged irradiance in a range of about 10 mW/cm2 to about 10 W/cm2 across the cross-sectional area. The at least one light beam can include a plurality of pulses having a temporal pulsewidth in a range between about 0.1 millisecond and about 150 seconds, and having a time-averaged irradiance in a range between about 1 mW/cm2 and about 100 W/cm2.

IPC 8 full level

A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61N 5/0618 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08); A61N 2005/007 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0629 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0647 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2009117323A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2009117323 A2 20090924; WO 2009117323 A3 20091210; CA 2718434 A1 20090924; EP 2291224 A2 20110309; JP 2011515152 A 20110519

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2009037121 W 20090313; CA 2718434 A 20090313; EP 09722350 A 20090313; JP 2011500878 A 20090313