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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Medical devices |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Key people | Scott Flora, President & CEO |
| Website | omni-guide |
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.
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.14 This allows the beam to pass into previously inaccessible areas of the body.5
References
References
- 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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
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- 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.
- Perriello, Brad (September 26, 2013). "OmniGuide raises $15M for BeamPath surgical laser". MassDevice. Retrieved 2025-09-05.