Optical fiber diffusive tip designs for medical laser-lightguide delivery systems

Janis Spigulis; Daumants Pfafrods; Maris Stafeckis

doi:10.1117/12.197525

22 December 1994 Optical fiber diffusive tip designs for medical laser-lightguide delivery systems

Janis Spigulis, Daumants Pfafrods, Maris Stafeckis

Proceedings Volume 2328, Biomedical Optoelectronic Devices and Systems II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.197525
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics Europe '94, 1994, Lille, France

Abstract

Medical laser radiation delivery instruments with diffusive tips on the distal ends of plastic-clad silica optical fibers have been designed, tested, and manufactured. The instruments are optimized for endoscopic, therapeutic, dermatologic and surgical laser treatment. The diffusive tips provide radial, cylindrical and aside-conical spatial distributions of the output radiation. Optical schemes concerning each type of the tip and the corresponding spatial distribution functions of the output radiation are presented and analyzed. Designs of the lightguide instruments for surgical and dermatological procedures demanding local high-power laser irradiation are also discussed.

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Janis Spigulis, Daumants Pfafrods, and Maris Stafeckis "Optical fiber diffusive tip designs for medical laser-lightguide delivery systems", Proc. SPIE 2328, Biomedical Optoelectronic Devices and Systems II, (22 December 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.197525

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