SBIR/STTR Research Award
FLUORIDE GLASS FIBER FOR INFRARED LASER POWER DELIVERY
Award amount
$404,507Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Infrared Fiber Systems, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO RESULT IN AN INFRARED FIBER LASER CATHETER FOR USE IN LASER ANGIOPLASTY, OPHTHALMIC SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, AND ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY WHERE PRECISION OF TISSUE REMOVAL IS A NECESSITY. THE FIBER WILL BE MADE FROM ZIRCONIUM FLUORIDE GLASS, WHICH HAS VERY LOW LOSS AT 2.9 MICRONS, THE WAVELENGTH OF MAXIMUM TISSUE ABSORPTION. IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE FIBER STRENGTH, CHEMICAL DURABILITY, AND LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD. THIS WILL BE DONE BY DEVELOPING IMPROVED GLASS-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES BASED ON INFRARED FIBER SYSTEMS, INC.'S EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH HEAVY METAL FLUORIDE GLASS AND DEVELOPING WATERPROOF COATINGS TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL DURABILITY. THE RESULTING FIBER WILL BE USABLE WITH A PULSED ER:YAG LASER.
Technology keywords
Not reported