16 October 2008, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry

AILU Workshop: Industrial innovation with lasers in the medical sector
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This one-day meeting highlighted developments in the application of laser technology to the burgeoning medical and biophotonics sectors. The scope of the meeting included developments in laser sources, beam delivery, monitoring and control, auxiliary equipment, safety and standards.
The following presentations can be downloaded:
Mike Osborne, OpTek Systems – Laser Processing - An enabling technology in the production of medical devices (click here for presentation handouts PDF 1000kB)
Seamus Murphy, Oxford Lasers – The Application of Advanced Laser Based Imaging Techniques in the Development of Medical Devices (click here for presentation handouts PDF 13000kB)
Simon Andrews, The Institute of Photonics – Applications of photonics to life sciences (click here for presentation handouts PDF 2800kB)
Paul French, GERI, Liverpool John Moores University – Development opportunities for laser technology in medical device manufacture (click here for presentation handouts PDF 237kB)
Mike Barrett, Pro Laser – Safety when using lasers and IPL in the healthcare and beauty therapist establishments (click here for presentation handouts PDF 220kB)
Andrew King, Pacer – Lasers for medical and diagnostic applications: the cut and thrust of cells and photons (click here for presentation handouts PDF 427kB)
Ian Stansfield, Pro Lite – New lasers for medical/industrial applications
Jack Gabzdyl, SPI Lasers – Fibre lasers for medical applications (click here for presentation handouts PDF 890kB)
Bob Startup, Jenoptik – Laser welding of plastics (click here for presentation handouts PDF 7800kB)
Michael Robertson - Show me the money (click here for presentation handouts PDF 387kB)
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