Abstract
We developed a new equipment for heavily burned skin (burn eschar) treatment using excimer laser ablation. Although auto-skin graft after necrotic tissue removal (debridement) is the only way to save burned patient, the procedure of the debridement has not been well-established. We have an idea to use excimer laser ablations for the debridement. Since the burn eschar may contain high protein concentration with less water content comparing with normal skin, the use of the excimer laser irradiation may induce efficient ablation. We found that the burn eschar can be eliminate efficiently with a sufficient ablation selectivity from a normal skin using KrF excimer laser (λ=248nm). In order to develop and attain fast and wide area elimination of burn eschar, we designed a manipulator for laser delivery. We think this new equipment might be useful for the treatment of burned patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1000-1001 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | pt 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 Dec 1 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 1 (of 2) - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: 1994 Nov 3 → 1994 Nov 6 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Health Informatics