Over the past 50 years, laser technology has become an integral part of modern medicine. Since a laser beam provides a vehicle for delivering energy in such a precisely controlled way, and without physical contact, it’s not surprising that the laser has found so much use in medical applications.
From a surgical tool to production tool for manufacturing medical components – Laser beam can do it all…
Laser beams are used as a surgical tool, cutting through various types of tissue in place of the traditional scalpel, and simultaneously cauteri
zing blood vessels as it goes, so that bleeding is minimized.
In some ophthalmological applications, an Excimer laser beam cuts tissue using non-thermal mechanisms based on the physical nature of short wavelength UV radiation.
It is also used as a production tool for manufacturing medical components, for example cutting and welding of implants, soldering of battery leads in pacemakers, and so on.
Just as with any precision industrial process, where the results must be tightly controlled and completely predictable, laser-based medical processes must also be controlled and predictable.
Not only for the obvious reasons of quality and profitability; with medical applications, there are also potential risks – direct or indirect – to patients.
The following video describes recent Ophir laser measurement solutions for medical applications and laser beam analysis:
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