MetroHealth is seeking surgical laser equipment rental, laser technician rental, and/or equipment purchase options for medical lasers. Types of medical lasers: Carbon dioxide (CO2): Highly precise bloodless light scalpel used for incising and excising tissue and sealing small blood vessels. Diode: Produces light that is visible to infrared range; offers wavelengths with deep penetration levels and superior melanin absorption, making it most suitable laser for hair removal. Greenlight: Passes through crystal; used for photo selective vaporization of the prostate gland, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Holmium yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:Yag): Short-pulsed, high-energy light beams used to cut, perforate or fragment tissues; this laser is capable of penetrating tissue more deeply than other laser types, makes blood clot more quickly and is typically used in minimally-invasive surgeries (endoscopy, resurfacing of joints and pulverizing kidneys and joints). Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP): Solid-state lasers that use potassium titanyl phosphate crystal as the medium; used for hemostasis. Neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:Yag): Used for both tissue destructions with good hemostasis and for the control of normal and abnormal blood vessels. Ophthalmic: Argon lasers emit blue-green wavelengths which are absorbed by cells and can pass through fluid in the eye without causing damage. Thulium lasers; used for laser lithotripsy in the treatment of urolithiasis 1 Erbium-yag laser: have a range of applications. They can treat fine lines and wrinkles, acne scars, surgical scars, skin laxity, and pigmentation irregularities like brown spots. Pulsed dye laser: Treatment of prominent blood vessels in the skin, such as port wine stains, thread veins, and spider naevi. Also, used for treatment of non-vascular skin conditions, including melasma, burn and hypertrophic scars, and nail psoriasis/plaque psoriasis.
