Lasers in Medical Technology
The first laser dates back to 1960. Almost sixty years later, it has become a tool used in many areas. The new light sources were not originally developed for medical technology. Medical scientists were much more interested in their radiation properties and then began researching possible application fields in medicine. On the one hand, lasers make surgical interventions possible that would never have been possible before; on the other hand, they are used in the production of medical products.
Gary Hayes, Laser Components USA, Inc.The healing power of light has been known for millennia. In fact, it is said that even the Greek and Ancient...
Christoffer Riemer, MeKo Laserstrahl-Materialbearbeitungen e.K.The production of medical laser components requires the application of different laser...
Dr. Karl Stock from ILM at the University of Ulm. If you want to describe the biological and physical effect of light on tissue, you must first...
For the majority of people, vision is natural. Many consider the eye the most important sensory organ. If it does not function the way it should, we...
Before the excimer laser can be used in refractive surgery, the entire system must be individually adjusted to the patient. Laser modules provide...
Thomas Magnago, SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH & Co. KG Even when our eyes fixate on a certain point, they still move involuntarily...
The history of “tattooing” goes back several thousand years; in fact, even Ötzi the glacier mummy had a marking made with ash under his skin [1]. For...
PD Dr. Ronald Sroka is head of the Laser Research Laboratory at the University of Munich’s Großhadern Hospital. Since the introduction of lasers...
