title: Preliminary experiments of possible uses in medicine of novel plastic hollow fibers for transmission of CO2 radiation.
abstract: Plastic hollow fibers for the transmission of CO2 laser energy in curved paths were produced by plating the inner surface of plastic tubes with a metal film and dielectric film upon that. These fibers can transmit high power, up to 40 W at the outlet, with high transmission yield even through several bendings. To demonstrate a possible use of the fibers, they were checked for their influence on live tissues of dogs. Incisions were made in the liver, and ulcers in the dogs' stomachs were treated. The fibers were inserted into the stomach through the esophagus. Complete healing was observed after 4 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electron Devices, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dror
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gannot
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Croitoru
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010969:Plastics; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D002245:Carbon Dioxide