Mirror-focused handpiece for laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea.
We describe how a novel mirror-based laser handpiece device allows for the pinpoint coincidence of aiming and surgical beams during uvulopalatoplasty and other laser ablation procedures.
Wong
B J
BJ
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine 92868, USA.
Scott
G
G
Daly
C R
CR
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D012913:Snoring / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014609:Uvula / Q000601:surgery*