JP6185471B2 - 電気的に操向可能な光ビームを有するレーザプローブ - Google Patents
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| US13/226,675 US9086608B2 (en) | 2011-09-07 | 2011-09-07 | Laser probe with an electrically steerable light beam |
| PCT/US2012/043504 WO2013036314A2 (en) | 2011-09-07 | 2012-06-21 | Laser probe with an electrically steerable light beam |
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| JP2014529103A JP2014529103A (ja) | 2014-10-30 |
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| JP6185471B2 true JP6185471B2 (ja) | 2017-08-23 |
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