Ron Kurtz - Ann Arbor MI Gregory John Roy Spooner - Ann Arbor MI Douglas L. Miller - Ann Arbor MI Alun Roy Williams - Wales, GB
Assignee:
The Regents of the Univerity of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI
International Classification:
A61B 1818
US Classification:
606 2, 606 25
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for processing a material creates a cavitation nucleus in a portion of the material by focusing optical radiation at the portion of the material and then causing mechanical disruption in another portion of the material adjacent the cavitation nucleus by subjecting the cavitation nucleus to ultrasound waves.