RESEARCH INTO SURGICAL USES OF A 2.9 MICRON LASER

工作波长为2.9微米的固体铒激光器 是非常新的，具有相当大的潜力， 用于需要精确切割的生物手术的模式 组织. 拟议的努力将执行科学和 开发临床上有用的激光器所需的工程工作 硬件和能源输送系统。 除了硬件开发，该计划还将开发 具体的外科手术可以证明 铒激光的预期功效，通过对组织， 动物和初步的人类研究。 最终目标是 开发这些程序中的一些程序， 中心临床试验可以开始。

Solid-state erbium lasers operating at a wavelength of 2.9 microns are very new and have considerable potential as a surgical modality for procedures requiring precise cutting in biological tissue. The proposed effort would perform the scientific and engineering work needed to develop clinically useful laser hardware and energy delivery systems. In addition to hardware development, this program would develop specific surgical procedures that would demonstrate the anticipated efficacy of erbium lasers, by performing tissue, animal, and preliminary human studies. The ultimate objective is to develop several of these procedures to the point where multi- center clinical trials can begin.