New opportunities for cutting with lasers.
Laser microcutting is a leading technology for the manufacture of surgical instruments and medical implants. This article assesses its capabilities for stents and surgical-needle manufacture and for other tube-cutting applications that require microscaled designs.
Renner
Thomas
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Rofin Baasel Lasertech, Starnberg, Germany.
Mairhörmann
Dieter
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D017076:Computer-Aided Design / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D007834:Lasers; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D009339:Needles; D015607:Stents