RESEARCH INTO SURGICAL USES OF A 2.9 MICRON LASER

工作在2.9微米波长的固体激光器 是非常新的，作为外科手术有相当大的潜力 生物学中需要精确切割的程序的方式 组织。拟议的努力将执行科学和 开发临床有用的激光需要工程工作 硬件和能源输送系统。 除了硬件开发，这个程序还将开发 具体的手术程序，可以证明 铒激光的预期效果，通过执行组织， 动物和初步的人体研究。最终目标是 开发几个这样的程序，以使多个 中心的临床试验可以开始了。

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.