A laser cauterizer was a portable device used to disinfect and burn wounds shut by emitting a low-frequency laser beam. Medkits typically came equipped with these.
Description[]
Laser cauterizers were used for emergency field surgery.[1] When activated, a laser cauterizer fired a low-frequency laser that could be used to cauterize wounds and disinfect them.[2] Laser cauterizers were capable of resealing major blood vessels.[3]
Laser cauterizers were included in medpacs, including Biotech Industries' FastFlesh medpac and Chiewab's GLiS Emergency Medpac.[1] The field cauterizer was a specific type of laser cauterizer manufactured by Nilar Med/Tech Corporation.[2]
History[]
Ula Vii used a laser cauterizer, along with a bone stabilizer compound, to treat Larin Moxla when the later had four fingers severed by a Sith lightsaber.[3]
Appearances[]
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (and audiobook)
- The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Lost Legion
Sources[]
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Picture only)
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Arms & Equipment Guide
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual