Title :
Local Ablation by a Microelectric Knife: Enucleation of an Oocyte
Author :
Yamanishi, Yoko ; Kuriki, Hiroki ; Sakuma, Shinya ; Onda, Kazuhisa ; Arai, Fumihito
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro-nano Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The electric knife is one of the indispensable surgical devices widely used in surgical operation. However, it has not been remarkably improved since its invention several decades ago. For example, thermal damage of the current radiofrequency electric knife, which is one of the most nonintrusive type of electric knives, is more than several hundred micrometers. A laser device, which was invented approximately 70 years ago, has been developed remarkably, and various research report the interaction between the cells and laser to fulfill the cellular-order ablation [1], [2].
Keywords :
biological effects of laser radiation; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; surgery; cells; cellular-order ablation; current radiofrequency electric knife; indispensable surgical devices; laser device; local ablation; microelectric knife; oocyte enucleation; surgical operation; thermal damage; Biomedical electronics; Biomedical equipment; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Laser surgery; Surgery;
Journal_Title :
Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNANO.2012.2192654
