SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO ANALYZE, IN DETAIL, THE INTERACTION OF PULSED CO2 LASERS WITH BIOLOGICAL TISSUE.
Award amount
$49,971Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO ANALYZE, IN DETAIL, THE INTERACTION OF PULSED CO2 LASERS WITH BIOLOGICAL TISSUE. EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON DETERMINING THE MOST IMPORTANT PARAMETERS WHICH CONTROL THE DEPTH AND RATE OF INCISION AND DAMAGE TO THE SURROUNDING TISSUE. TWO TISSUE DAMAGE MECHANISMS WILL BE INVESTIGATED: THERMAL AND PRESSURE EFFECTS. THE FORMER RESULTS FROM THE RESIDUAL ENERGY DEPOSITED IN THE TISSUE AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH OCCUR IN THE VAPOR ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE LATTER RESULTS FROM THE RAPID VAPORIZATION AND ASSOCIATED HIGH VAPOR TEMPERATURES WHICH OCCUR WHEN HIGH INTENSITY PULSED LASERS ARE EMPLOYED. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE RESULTS AND UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVED DURING THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF LASER SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES WHICH MINIMIZE TISSUE DAMAGE WHILE PROVIDING APPROPRIATE INCISION DEPTHS AND RATES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency