OmniGuide

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OmniGuide Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Medical devices
Founded2000
Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts
Key people
Scott Flora, President & 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 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. The company has manufacturing processes that are capable of manufacturing fibers with semiconductor level tolerances and microscopic layers in a scalable manner.[ citation needed ]

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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] This allows the beam to pass into previously inaccessible areas of the body. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "MIT technology used to shrink tumor". 5 April 2006.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Perriello, Brad (September 26, 2013). "OmniGuide raises $15M for BeamPath surgical laser". MassDevice. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
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