Rapid sealing and cutting of porcine blood vessels, ex vivo, using a high-power, 1470-nm diode laser

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Giglio, Nicholas C ^a   Hutchens, Thomas C ^a   Perkins, William C ^a   Latimer, Cassandra ^b   Ward, Arlen ^b   Nau, William H ^b   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Cutting; Infrared; Laser; Sealing; Vessels

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; CUTTING; FUEL TANKS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; SEALING (FINISHING); SURGERY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; BURST PRESSURES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TISSUE NECROSIS; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VESSELS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; RENAL ARTERY; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; KIDNEY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; RENAL ARTERY; SWINE;

EID: 84897012324     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.3.038002     Document Type: Article

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