Large eccentric laser angioplasty catheter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2970, Issue , 1997, Pages 35-41

  Taylor, Kevin D ^a   Reiser, Christopher ^a  

^a Spectranetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Excimer; Fiber optics; Laser

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CATHETERS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; LASERS; LIGANDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; BASIC FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL EXPERIENCES; CORONARY ANGIOPLASTIES; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; EXCIMER; LARGE DIAMETERS; MULTIPLE PASSES;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0002897922     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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