A new laser scalpel--a brief report

One may consider the clad silica fibre cutting probe as a cheap alternative of the popular sapphire probe, sharing some of its properties. Made of silica, the scalpels have a fair heat tolerance and may be used without cooling by liquids or gas as is necessary with sapphire blades. The laser scalpel...

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Published inTechnology and health care Vol. 4; no. 4; p. 425
Main Authors Rol, P, Fankhauser, F, Henchoz, P D, Kwasniewska, S, Dürr, U, England, C, Van der Zypen, E, Niederer, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.12.1996
Subjects
Equipment Design
Humans
Laser Therapy - instrumentation
Silicon Dioxide
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Summary:One may consider the clad silica fibre cutting probe as a cheap alternative of the popular sapphire probe, sharing some of its properties. Made of silica, the scalpels have a fair heat tolerance and may be used without cooling by liquids or gas as is necessary with sapphire blades. The laser scalpel described here is driven (powered) with a 10 W cw Nd:YAG laser energy source (1064 nm) and possesses good cutting and haemostatic properties. It may also be used with lasers emitting other wavelengths. One may assume that a diode laser emitting in the near infrared (800-810 nm) may have very similar, although no analogous cutting properties when used with the described scalpel.
ISSN:0928-7329
DOI:10.3233/thc-1996-4407