Optic fibers can be made into very thin and flexible strands.
Because of this property this can be used in medical field for various diagnoses.
These strands can be inserted to various part of the body, including blood vessels even lungs.
This field of the medical science which uses only a small incision for treatment is called as Endoscopy.
In endoscope instrument is made like that it will carry two bundle of optical fibers in which one will provided with light other one transmits light back from the body which is reflected from the tissue.
The reflected image will provide detailed image of the affected tissue.
Endoscopes are designed according to the need of the use.
Now a day, the endoscope can be used to examine knees shoulders and joints.
Arthroscope is a straight and cylinder like instrument with a series of lens and bundles of optic fibers which has a size of 1/12 -- 1/5 of an inch.
It is used to examine joints like knee joints, shoulders etc.
Arthroscope will be inserted into the joint through a small incision and do all this examination.
A light is then transmitted through the optical fibers to illuminate the joints which will help the physician to examine a joint thoroughly.
The field of medical science which use this technique for diagnosis called as Arthroscopy.
The optical fibers which used in the Arthroscope has multiple advantages.
It is also possible to measure temperature.
Arthroscope is also helpful to perform surgery through incision.
Arthroscopy is commonly used to treat torn cartilage in knee.
This is done by making two incisions in the knee.
One incision is to insert optical fiber in the Anthroscope.
Other one for inserting surgical instruments to remove for cartilage.
As the arthroscopic surgery is done through a small incision, the patient experience less discomfort and the healing time is much less compared to other methods of surgery.
In medical field the optic fiber is also used in the analysis of blood chemistry.
Optical fibers should be inserted into the blood vessels to get the accurate and quick reading.
The physicians are using optic fibers to direct the intense laser light, which is useful to stop bleeding and to burn abnormal tissues.
In the medicine field fiber optics is a important part.
The fiber optics field is developing very rapidly and it is producing more innovative instruments which is helpful to diagnosis of the diseases in medical field.