Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 1550029(2015)

Accurate laser skin perforation technique aimed at promoting bleeding and reducing pain

Han-Chao Chang, Yu-Hsuan Lin*, and Kuo-Cheng Huang
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  • Instrument Technology Research Center National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan, China
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    Laser skin perforation is an effective and promising technique for use in blood collection. In this study, the relation between the perforation profile of skin and laser irradiation at various energies is discussed. Increasing laser energy does not uniformly expand the size and depth of a hole because the shallow depth of field (DOF) of the focused light primarily concentrates energy on the skin surface. In practice, the hole gradually transforms from a semielliptical shape to an upsidedown avocado shape as the laser energy increases. This phenomenon can increase the amount of bleeding and reduce pain. The findings support the feasibility of developing an accurate laser skin perforation method.

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    Han-Chao Chang, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Cheng Huang. Accurate laser skin perforation technique aimed at promoting bleeding and reducing pain[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015, 8(6): 1550029

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    Paper Information

    Received: Nov. 27, 2014

    Accepted: Jan. 22, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019

    The Author Email: Lin Yu-Hsuan (marklin@narlabs.org.tw)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545815500297

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