Reciprocating side-firing fiber for laser sealing of blood vessels

Nicholas C. Giglio; Haleigh M. Grose; Nathaniel M. Fried

doi:10.1117/12.2605599

3 March 2022 Reciprocating side-firing fiber for laser sealing of blood vessels

Nicholas C. Giglio, Haleigh M. Grose, Nathaniel M. Fried

Proceedings Volume 11936, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2022; 1193602 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2605599
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Infrared lasers may provide faster and more precise sealing of blood vessels and with lower jaw temperatures than ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices. This study explores an oscillating or reciprocating side-firing optical fiber method for transformation of a circular laser beam into a linear beam, necessary for integration into a standard 5-mm-diameter laparoscopic device, and for uniform irradiation perpendicular to the vessel length. A servo motor connected to a side-firing, 550-μm-core fiber, provided linear translation of a 2.0-mm-diameter circular beam over either 5 mm or 11 mm scan lengths for sealing small or large vessels, respectively. Laser seals were performed, ex vivo, on a total of 20 porcine renal arteries of 1-6 mm diameter (n = 10 samples for each scan length). Each vessel was compressed to a fixed 0.4-mm-thickness, matching the 1470-nm laser optical penetration depth. Vessels were irradiated with fluences ranging from 636 J/cm² to 716 J/cm². A standard burst pressure (BP) setup was used to evaluate vessel seal strength. The reciprocating fiber produced mean BP of 554 ± 142 and 524 ± 132 mmHg, respectively, and consistently sealing blood vessels, with all BP above hypertensive (180 mmHg) blood pressures. The reciprocating fiber provides a relatively uniform linear beam profile and aspect ratio, but will require integration of servo motor into a handpiece.

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Nicholas C. Giglio, Haleigh M. Grose, and Nathaniel M. Fried "Reciprocating side-firing fiber for laser sealing of blood vessels", Proc. SPIE 11936, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2022, 1193602 (3 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2605599

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