Simultaneous delivery of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers by using hollow optical fibers for endoscopic lithotripsy

Katsumasa Iwai; Yuji Matsuura; Mitsunobu Miyagi

doi:10.1117/12.699794

8 February 2007 Simultaneous delivery of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers by using hollow optical fibers for endoscopic lithotripsy

Katsumasa Iwai, Yuji Matsuura, Mitsunobu Miyagi

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Proceedings Volume 6433, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications VII; 64330A (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699794
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Effect of simultaneous delivery of ErYAG and HoYAG lasers was tested by using a hollow optical fiber and a taper coupler. The lasers are irradiated to hard tissue at the same time, and vaporization characteristic, and fragmentation efficiency are discussed.

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Katsumasa Iwai, Yuji Matsuura, and Mitsunobu Miyagi "Simultaneous delivery of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers by using hollow optical fibers for endoscopic lithotripsy", Proc. SPIE 6433, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications VII, 64330A (8 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699794

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