SBIR/STTR Research Award
NONCHARRING HEMOSTATIC SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM
Award amount
$282,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Medical Laser Research & Devel
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE AIM OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM WHICH CAN REMOVE TUMORS OR OTHER TISSUE WITH MINIMAL BLOOD LOSS, PRECISION, AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO ADJACENT TISSUE. THE PHASE I PROGRAM IS A DEMONSTRATION OF LASER CONTROL PARAMETERS REQUIRED FOR HEMOSTATIC ACTION WITHOUT TISSUE DAMAGE. PHASE II INCLUDES DEMONSTRATION OF LASER SCALPEL ACTION, OPERATOR INTERFACE DESIGN, AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION, PROVIDING A PROTOTYPE SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM. PRESENTLY AVAILABLE SURGICAL LASER SYSTEMS EITHER PRODUCE CHAR AND HEMOSTASIS OR NO CHAR AND NO HEMOSTASIS. THE SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM PROPOSED HEREIN PROVIDES HEMOSTASIS WHILE MAKING CLEAN SHARP
Technology keywords
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