Tissue Cutting And Drilling With The Hydrogen Fluoride Laser

Geza J. Jaka; Howard K. Herman

doi:10.1117/12.937340

10 March 1987 Tissue Cutting And Drilling With The Hydrogen Fluoride Laser

Geza J. Jaka, Howard K. Herman

Proceedings Volume 0712, Lasers in Medicine; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937340
Event: Cambridge Symposium-Fiber/LASE '86, 1986, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

The effectiveness of the continuous wave hydrogen fluoride laser for cutting animal skin; skeletal and heart muscle; and liver tissue was tested. Histological studies demon strated that it is comparable to the CO₂ laser in tissue cutting action. Importantly, the hydrogen fluoride laser can be delivereg through mid-infrared fiber optics, making it a potential tool for opthiamic applications, intravascular surgery, and for laser myocardial revascularization. It was not felt to be practical for general surgical applications.

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Geza J. Jaka and Howard K. Herman "Tissue Cutting And Drilling With The Hydrogen Fluoride Laser", Proc. SPIE 0712, Lasers in Medicine, (10 March 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937340

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