OmniGuide, Inc. is a private medical device company developing and commercializing minimally-invasive surgical tools.[1] Founded in 2000,[2] OmniGuide's manufacturing facilities and executive offices are located in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. The company has manufacturing processes that are capable of manufacturing fibers with semiconductor level tolerances and microscopic layers in a scalable manner.[citation needed]
Technology
The technology is based on the revolutionary photonic bandgap fiber invented at MIT, published in Nature and Science, and subsequently licensed exclusively to the company.[3] The first flexible fiber-optic surgical scalpel capable of delivering CO2 laser light has been developed using this technology.[1][4] This allows the beam to pass into previously inaccessible areas of the body.[5]
References
^ abBrowd, Samuel R.; Zauberman, Jacob; Karandikar, Mahesh; Ojemann, Jeffery G.; Avellino, Anthony M.; Ellenbogen, Richard G. (2009). "A new fiber-mediated carbon dioxide laser facilitates pediatric spinal cord detethering". Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 4 (3): 280–4. doi:10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08349. PMID19772415.
^Anandasabapathy, S.; Maru, D.; Klumpp, S.; Uthamanthil, R.; Borne, A.; Bhutani, M. (2009). "Novel endoscopic application of a new flexible-fiber CO2laser for esophageal mucosal ablation in a porcine model". Endoscopy. 41 (2): 138–42. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1103482. PMID19214893.
