New laser delivery device for laparoscopic procedures

✍ Scribed by Krishna M. Bhatta; David W. Rattner; Thomas E. Haw; Norman S. Nishioka

• Book ID: 102466540
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 311 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-8092
• DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900110515

✦ Synopsis

ery devices have several limitations including excessive smoke production, relatively slow cutting rates, poor maneuverability, and limited tactile New Laser Delivery Device for feedback to the surgeon. To"circumvent these difficulties, a delivery device for laparoscopic use

Laparoscopic Procedures

was developed that provides mechanical -advantage, tactile feedback, and rapid cutting with minimum residual thermal injury and char.