What are the contraindications to laser therapy devices?

Do not use laser beam directly into the eyeball

Do not irradiate the tumor site

Do not use laser to irradiate bleeding tissue

Do not directly irradiate the pregnant uterus

Do we need any protective gloves, clothes, or dosimetry badges to administer laser treatments?

No. The Vaymed Series uses infrared beams. X-rays and infrared are on opposite sides of the electromagnetic spectrum. X-ray photons are very high energy and can ionize molecules, damage DNA and in high enough doses can cause cancer. Infrared photons are much lower in energy. They cannot ionize molecules and therefore do not damage tissue.

Do the animals need to wear eye protection?

Not necessarily. The risk of eye injury applies to laser light that passes directly through the lens of the eye and is focused on the retina. There should only be concern when the patient can look directly at the area being treated, i.e. a front paw. Use a dark towel to shield the patient’s eyes if desired or have an assistant gently hold the head of the animal so they can’t look at the laser. When treating the jaw and side of the skull, there may possibly be some photons of light getting to the retina, but they are not being focused by the lens. When treating the back, hips, etc, the animal is not able to look directly at the Vaymed Series application site, so there is no exposure. There are protective goggles made for pets. They need to specifically cover wavelengths in the 780 nm to 1100 nm range. Some pets may not be receptive to wearing ‘doggles’. At low powers and with proper technique, laser therapy can actually be used for certain ocular conditions. This will be discussed under the specific conditions and treatments.

Do we need to clip the fur or wet a dark-coated patient?

No. By using the Vaymed Series with its durable contact head and gliding thru the fur, enough energy will penetrate to deliver an adequate dosage to the desired tis- sue. When treating dark-coated animals, be aware that the darker colors will heat up more quickly. Pay attention to your treatment delivery: move the wand over the area at a steady pace, do not hold it in one spot for a prolonged time or at high pow- ers and do not treat a very small area especially during the continuous wave (CW) phases.

What is the advantage of the diode laser surgical system?

In soft tissue surgery, the trauma to the tissue is relatively small, and there is almost no damage to the surrounding tissues of the lesion.

It is safe for metals and is especially suitable for implant surgery and maintenance.

It can reduce tissue pain response, so semiconductor lasers are usually used for superficial anesthesia in soft tissue surgery.

Surgery can achieve real-time hemostasis, greatly reducing intraoperative blood loss, especially for surgery in areas with dense blood vessels.

The optical fiber can be adapted to endoscopy/cavity mirror, supporting minimally invasive surgery.

There are no side effects such as nerve and muscle stimulation and muscle contraction.

In a liquid environment, it can operate normally.

The equipment is small in size and light in weight.

Relatively low price, long service life, low maintenance cost.

Can your laser surgical applications fragment urethral stones?

According to the known literature, lasers of near-infrared wavelengths are not usually used for lithotripsy of intracavitary stones. Laser lithotripsy is mainly performed using pulsed-emission holmium lasers (mid-infrared with a wavelength of 2100 nm). We have also heard of cases of in vivo lithotripsy using near-infrared semiconductor lasers from individual hospitals in China, but there are no international reports in the literature on this subject to the best of our knowledge. In addition, we have seen that the NIR semiconductor laser lithotripsy video uses the heat generated by the optical fiber to cause thermal fragmentation of stones, and due to the unsuitable wavelength, stones can only be fragmented into a few larger fragments, which is very inefficient. The holmium laser, on the other hand, has a wavelength that is highly absorbed by the stone, and therefore is able to break up the stone into very small pieces much more quickly, efficiently, and more easily.

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