Scientists develop "Laser Scalpel"

[Meredith]

Just like in Trek where they use a laser to cut open a patient and then use it to close the wound!!!

Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing, now that a team of applied physicists at Tel Aviv University have developed an efficient and safe way to close incisions in the skin that they say could also be used on cuts inside the body.

The team was led by Prof. Abraham Katzir, who found a way to maintain laser heat at the correct temperature so that the incision is sealed to minimize the risk of infection and scars and speed healing.
Katzir says the development is "a groundbreaking medical technology" and could also be used quickly and easily by medics on the battlefield and at road accidents, as well as by plastic surgeons and other surgical specialists.

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Interesting read, sounds like surgery could have quicker recovery time and whatnot the only thing they have to use now is the special glue the laser activates.

 

[Jadzia]

Goldfinger mastered this technique 40 years ago Meredith