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Optical Fiber Sensors Enable New Biomedical Devices

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Robust physical properties and enabling capabilities make optical fiber-based sensors increasingly attractive for biomedical applications ranging from light guiding and imaging to complex robotic surgery.

Alexis Méndez, MCH Engineering LLC

The biomedical community recognized the advantages of optical fibers long ago, accepting them even before their adoption for long-haul telecommunications1. Early research on the light-guiding properties of fibers in the late 1920s was aimed at applications in medical imaging. The first clad optical fiber was drawn on December 8, 1956, by Larry Curtis (Figure 1), a graduate student under Basil Hirschowitz at the University of Michigan. The technology was used in a multifiber bundle for a fiber endoscope, which Hirschowitz first tested on himself2. Figure 1. Larry Curtis of the...Read full article

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    Published: June 2022
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