Diode-Pumped, Mid-Infrared Surgical Laser

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Air Force	Award ID: 37155	Program Year/Program: 1998 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 37155	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: SCHWARTZ ELECTRO-OPTICS, INC.
3404 N. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1998

Title: Diode-Pumped, Mid-Infrared Surgical Laser

Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $746,528.00

Abstract:
We propose to begin development of a new class of surgical lasers made possible by recent advances in high power, semiconductor-laser technology. Multi-Watt level, diode-pumped, mid-infrared solid state lasers will eventually replaced lamp-pumped systems for many surgical applications. The compact nature of these lasers will allow multiple wavelength modules to be incorporated into a single fiber-deliverable surgical system, thereby giving the surgeon the ability to choose the wavelength (or combination of wavelengths) most appropriate for a particular procedure.In our Phase I effort, we will build a 1-W, diode-pumped, cw erbium laser emitting near 3 microns and deliver it to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). At MGH, the cutting rate and thermal damage zone produced by the laser in both hard and soft tissue will be measured.

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Peter F. Moulton
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Small Business Information at Submission:

SCHWARTZ ELECTRO-OPTICS, INC.
135 South Road Concord, MA 01742

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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No