Optical Engineering Aspects of Laser Surgical Instrumentation

Leon Goldman; R. J. Rockwell, Jr.; Stanley H. Fox; James Fidler

doi:10.1117/12.7971657

1 October 1973 Optical Engineering Aspects of Laser Surgical Instrumentation

Leon Goldman, R. J. Rockwell, Jr., Stanley H. Fox, James Fidler

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 12, Issue 5, 125176 (October 1973). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7971657

Abstract

At the Laser Laboratory of the Medical Center of the University of Cincinnati for more than 11 years detailed studies have been done with laser surgery in animals and in clinical investigative studies in a large series of patients. It is evident that the optical engineering phase of current laser surgical instrumentation requires considerably more research and development. Reliable high-output lasers, preferably CW, Md-YAG, CO2 are argon are required. Optical engineering requirements include flexibility and efficiency of beam transmission through small, sterilizable precise operating probes capable of incision, coagulation or fulguration. Probes must be adaptable for use with operating microscopes and for laser surgery in body cavities.

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Leon Goldman, R. J. Rockwell, Jr., Stanley H. Fox, and James Fidler "Optical Engineering Aspects of Laser Surgical Instrumentation," Optical Engineering 12(5), 125176 (1 October 1973). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7971657

Published: 1 October 1973

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