The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still...

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CO2. It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded...

Laser surgery is a type of surgery that uses a laser (in contrast to using a scalpel) to cut tissue. Types of surgical lasers include carbon dioxide, argon...

destroy Strategic Defense Initiative satellites with a megawatt carbon-dioxide laser. It had a Functional Cargo Block derived from a TKS spacecraft to...

treatment. Zoon's balanitis has been successfully treated with the carbon dioxide laser; and more recently, Albertini and colleagues report the avoidance...

large chalazion can cause astigmatism due to pressure on the cornea. As laser eye surgery involves shaping the cornea by burning parts of it away, weakening...

Patel (born 2 July 1938) is an electrical engineer. He developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and engraving...

common types are carbon dioxide lasers and excimer lasers, both used extensively in industry and research; less common are nitrogen lasers. The acronym "TEA"...

shave excision, carbon dioxide laser ablation, electrodessication, erbium/yttrium aluminum garnet laser ablation, and pulsed-dye laser photothermolysis...

A carbon dioxide sensor or CO2 sensor is an instrument for the measurement of carbon dioxide gas. The most common principles for CO2 sensors are infrared...