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<h2 id="technology">Technology</h2>
<p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The first flexible fiber-optic surgical scalpel capable of delivering CO2 laser light has been developed using this technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.omni-guide.com">Omniguide Inc Website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>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. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-14.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080704143015/http://mrsec.org/industry/omniguide-inc/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080704143015/http://mrsec.org/industry/omniguide-inc/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"MIT technology used to shrink tumor". 5 April 2006. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/omniguide.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/omniguide.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>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. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>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. <a href="/wiki/Sharmila_Anandasabapathy" target="_blank">/wiki/Sharmila_Anandasabapathy</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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