For medical applications, the choice of a delivery system will be governed by the
characteristics of the laser system on the one hand and the tissue application on the other …

Sharp atomic and ionic line spectra of excimer-laser-induced ablation plasmas of samples in
liquids were observed. A new double-pulse technique employing quartz fibers facilitates …

Cavitation effects in pulsed laser ablation can cause severe deformation of tissue near the
ablation site. In angioplasty, they result in a harmful dilatation and invagination of the vessel …

Abstract Background and Objective Previous studies have demonstrated that during Xenon‐
Chloride excimer laser ablation of tissue, rapidly expanding and imploding bubbles …

Despite expectations that excimer laser ablation would result in a low incidence of coronary
dissection, studies have documented a 15–20% incidence of dissection (including a 4–6 …

Boston, Sfarscrl.''t Tn, lathe short span of one decade. cardiovascular applications of laser
technology have progressed from a laboratory curiosity to a device for coronary …

The motivation for the material presented in this chapter came initially from the development
of a new generation of pulsed lasers for laser angioplasty, in which laser light delivered …

Abstract Background and Objective Cavitation bubbles have been shown to be the driving
force of tissue cutting in 193 nm ArF excimer laser‐based vitreoretinal microsurgery. In the …

A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall within a
body of a patient includes an energy source, a balloon, and an energy guide. The energy …

The kinetics of cavitation and associated photo-mechanical effects induced by underwater
pulsed-laser irradiation of solid targets has been studied experimentally and analyzed with …