{"title":"A laser manipulator for surgical use.","authors":"A D Beach","doi":"10.1088/0022-3735/2/11/306","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A mechanical joint has been devised which gives two degrees of freedom to each of three joints in a laser beam steering linkage. This allows accurate counterbalancing of the system and, in conjunction with a CO2 laser, makes the device suitable for use as a surgical tool in `bloodless surgery'.","PeriodicalId":16983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Scientific Instruments","volume":"2 11","pages":"931-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1969-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/0022-3735/2/11/306","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Scientific Instruments","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/2/11/306","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A mechanical joint has been devised which gives two degrees of freedom to each of three joints in a laser beam steering linkage. This allows accurate counterbalancing of the system and, in conjunction with a CO2 laser, makes the device suitable for use as a surgical tool in `bloodless surgery'.