Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1995-11-29
1999-02-09
Peffley, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
128898, 606 16, A61N 506
Patent
active
058687343
ABSTRACT:
Methods of delivering laser energy for medical procedures or industrial processes using an optical fiber having a core formed of a highly transmissive silica-based glass core and an outermost cladding layer of silica-titania glass.
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Shirk Gerald J.
Soufiane Abdelouahed
Iowa State University & Research Foundation, Inc.
Peffley Michael
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