By Alan Conneely Medical indwelling catheters used for vascular, respiratory and urological procedures, are implanted in the body for up to 3 months at a time and are therefore very susceptible to infection. In fact Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is perhaps the most common device-associated infection in hospitals with over 1 million infections per […]
Tag: Medical Laser Applications
Non-Disruptive, Low Loss In-Line Laser Beam Monitoring System for Industrial Laser Processing
By Michael Scaggs and Gilbert Haas The BWA-MON (Beam Waist Analyzer MONitor) system is a “smart” focus head that provides “real-time” laser beam measurement, analysis and monitoring of low to very high power lasers in accordance with international standards ISO11146 and ISO13694 related to lasers without disrupting the laser beam in use and with minimal […]
Exponential Growth of Medical Laser Applications in the U.S.
By Geoff Giordano At the second-annual Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME®) in October, past LIA President David Belforte gave a riveting account of some of the more economically robust segments of the laser industry. Ultimately, it was the medical sector that “kept us alive through the recession,” he asserted. Laser applications in the manufacture of […]