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From Abe to MoXy™ and Beyond; Part 3 -- Moses' Math Works
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Part 3 is a bit of a departure from my planned sequence for this series. A colleague has graciously permitted me to share a slow motion video that he produced of a generic side fire fiber delivering a single pulse of holmium energy into a beaker of water. Herein I hope to demonstrate that surgical fiber performance can be modeled/predicted, and quite accurately, and that there isn't anything mysterious or magical involved. Sure, some aspects of laser surgery are extremely complex, like laser-tissue interactions, but the tools that science provides do allow us to design devices intelligently. That's my company's motto, after all:...
Introducing Aurora™ SMA Laser Fibers for Aura™ KTP Lasers
The latest addition to the ProFlex® laser fiber product family is Aurora™ SMA, laser fibers for the Aura™ KTP lasers equipped with an SMA adapter. Aurora SMA is available in two high performance sizes: 365μm core and 550μm core featuring IQ’s patented Pulsar™ HPC high power collimation technology. 100% of customers who have bought Aurora have reported “greater than 100%” transmission efficiency. Of course, this is not possible, but when compared with “reference fibers” from another vendor, Aurora consistently outperforms. Contact InnovaQuartz® today for pricing or for a sample ProFlex® Aurora™ laser fiber: sales@innovaquartz.com or toll free at...
From Abe to MoXy™ and Beyond; Part 2 -- Abe's Side Fire Solution(s)
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Part 1 of this series was mostly a review of Snell's law and Fresnel reflections as they explain the weird output of bevel polished fibers. Here we see some more Snell and Fresnel issues and the earliest Band-Aid® treatments designed to mitigate these issues. Part 2: Abe's Solution(s) Before we get into what Abe saw as solutions to the issues outlined, we should probably address the problem that I alluded to in Part 1: the disappointing results of polishing a fiber at the calculated TIR angle for lateral redirection of the output. In so doing, you’ll more fully understand why...
Side Fire Fiber Technology – From Abe to MoXy™ and Beyond: Part 1 (Basics)
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Part 1: Fiber Optics Fundamentals (a prerequisite to understanding side fire fibers) I’ve been told a half dozen tales that purport to describe the origin of fiber optics and likely as many claiming to describe the first side fire fiber, but there is little or no evidence for any stories I have heard over my 30+ years in the field…except the tale of “the Hitachi patent”. Anyone working in side fire fiber design has likely heard of this infamous patent, but I'd venture few have read it. The Hitachi fiber is the earliest patented side fire fiber that I have...
Introducing the ProView™ 30X SMA Inspection Microscope
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InnovaQuartz is pleased to offer a low cost but high performance solution for inspecting SMA (and Trimedyne in January 2017) terminated laser surgical fibers. This battery powered (batteries included) microscope is equipped with a thread-free SMA (or Trimedyne) port that positions the fiber input face within the field of view with acute angle illumination from below. Every detail of the connector face is exposed: scratches, dirt and burns are detected and may be corrected before risking the laser optics. Simply slip the connector ferrule into the aluminum adapter and flip on the light.