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The global market for medical optical devices is continuing its steady growth and now accounts for an increasingly large proportion of the worldwide $593 billion photonics market. Optical assemblies are widely used in many areas of medical devices for all stages of diagnosis and treatment and are the key to offering more precise surgery, more accurate diagnostics and minimally invasive treatments.

Technological Advances in Medical Devices
Advances in laser, sensor

Optics and medical devices have a long history and partnership. Since the invention of the microscope in the late 1500s to mid-1600s, the interest and desire to “see” into the human body to diagnose illness and subsequently repair it has only intensified.

Optics in modern medical devices fall into two categories: those used for diagnosis of illness, and those which are therapeutic or used in a variety of treatments. Devices within these categories include endoscopy, optical