title: A multipurpose dye laser photocoagulation system.
abstract: We modified a single argon/dye laser photocoagulator by adding two optical fibers so that it could be used with a slit-lamp microscope, an operating microscope, and with an endophotocoagulation probe. One fiber is attached to a nearby slit-lamp microscope; the other extends approximately 70 m and can be connected to either an operating microscope or an endophotocoagulation probe. An electrically-operated mirror inside the machine controls which of the two fibers the laser beam passes through. Separate control boxes for each fiber permit direct regulation of the photocoagulation process in all situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kani
mesh_terms: D001128:Argon; D004867:Equipment Design; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001128:Argon