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OmniGuide Inc. 
Type Private Industry Medical devices Founded 2000 Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts Key people Yoel Fink, CEO Website omni-guide.com 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 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The Company’s manufacturing plant, located at OmniGuide’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has manufacturing processes that provide the capability to manufacture fibers with semiconductor level tolerances and microscopic layers in a scalable manner.
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]
References
- ^ a b Browd, 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. PMID 19772415.
- ^ http://www.mrsec.org/industry/omniguide-inc/
- ^ http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/omniguide.html
- ^ 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. PMID 19214893.
External links
Categories:- Medical equipment manufacturers
- Companies established in 2000
- Companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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