Beam Me Up!

Professor Abrahim Katzir of Tel Aviv University has developed what used to be considered space-age technology; you know, the kind of stuff you see on Star Trek. Anyway, Prof. Katzir has been working on an invention that surgeons have been dreaming about for decades: a laser scalpel. Just as it sounds, it is a laser device used during the suturing of wounds. According to trials done on patients who underwent gallbladder surgery, the suturing done with the laser scalpel healed faster and with significantly less scarring.

Prof. Katzir also makes mention of this device being used to heal wounds on the battlefield. "Allowing soldiers to heal each other on contact with the wand." This sounds like a great idea, but chances are that the type of situation where this would be most beneficial, the wound would be so contaminated that it would need to be in a clean environment in order to properly irrigate and seal the affected area. That is just as important an issue, I believe.