Disposable lasers

Miniaturized Cutting and Drilling Using Picosecond Lasers Sidebar: Using Picosecond Lasers to Produce Disposable Ophthalmic Blades

Traditionally, electrical discharge machining (EDM) or conventional laser tools have been used to manufacture a range of precision medical devices. However, these manufacturing methods cannot be used to achieve the miniature features, precision, surface quality, and yields required for manufacturing microfluidic devices for clinical lab-on-a-chip applications, precision drug-delivery catheters,...

Disposable versus non-disposable tonometer prisms: a UK national survey

Purpose To determine the prevalence of disposable tonometer versus non-disposable tonometer use in the UK and to determine methods of decontamination and frequency of replacement of prisms.A total of 137 ophthalmology departments were interviewed by telephone using a structured questionnaire. The main outcome measured were:types of tonometer prisms used in clinic (disposable, non-disposable and...

Disposable infusion pumps.

PURPOSE The properties, performance, and applications of nonelectric disposable infusion pumps are reviewed. SUMMARY All nonelectric disposable infusion pumps exploit the same physical principle: mechanical restriction within the flow path determines the speed of pressurized fluid. The pressure generated by disposable pumps on fluid is 250-600 mm Hg, compared with 5-1200 mm Hg of pressure for...

LASERS | Microchip Lasers

Microchip lasers are a rich family of solid-state lasers defined by their small size, robust integration, reliability, and potential for low-cost mass production. Continuous-wave microchip lasers cover a wide range of wavelengths, often operate single frequency in a near-ideal mode, and can provide a modest amount of tunability. Q-switched microchip lasers provide the shortest output pulses of ...

BioCap Disposable Filter Capsules