Pre‐clinical evaluation of a laser system with emission control based on stone vs soft tissue recognition
Olivier Traxer, Federico Zorzi, IIya V. Yaroslavsky, Anastasia Kovalenko, Viktoriya Andreeva, James Childs, Alexey G. Martov, Gregory Altshuler · 2026
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Olivier Traxer and others test a laser system that stops firing when it senses soft tissue instead of kidney stone in a 2026 pre-medical study. The StoneSense module reads the light signature reflected from the target. It halts a thulium fibre laser when the signal comes from tissue or when the fibre is too far away, typically two to four millimetres.
Lab tests used artificial stones set in pig kidney tissue, followed by human stones and live pig urinary tract work. Soft tissue damage was fully prevented in lab trials while stone breaking stayed efficient, with only about three percent loss in ablation. The system could make laser stone surgery safer by cutting accidental tissue burns without slowing stone clearance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Olivier Traxer, Federico Zorzi, IIya V. Yaroslavsky, Anastasia Kovalenko, Viktoriya Andreeva, James Childs, Alexey G. Martov, Gregory Altshuler |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |