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6 September 2023
Celebration of 25 Years at art photonics!

Take a peek into our unforgettable 25 Year Anniversary event! On August 24th, we gathered with cherished colleagues, valued partners, and loyal customers to mark this incredible milestone. It was a day filled with camaraderie, joy, and a festive spirit that lit up the room. The event kicked off with insightful presentations from our esteemed […]

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2 August 2023
Invitation to Celebration of 25 Years of Excellence at art photonics!

We are thrilled to announce the commemoration of our 25th Anniversary, marking a quarter-century of leadership in the field of optical fiber innovations. Since our inception, we have been dedicated to empowering industries with cutting-edge solutions in process analytical technology, medical, petrochemical, and beyond. Throughout the years, our commitment to excellence has driven us to […]

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20 September 2023
EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for Bio and Life Science | 26-27 Sep, 2023, Baden, Switzerland

Join us at the EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for Bio and Life Science in Baden, Switzerland, scheduled for September 26-27. Explore how fiber optics can transform your process control and spectroscopic measurements, even within bioreactors. Don't miss the presentation by our CEO and President, Viachselav Artyushenko, titled "Fiber Spectroscopy for In-Line Process Control (0.3-16 […]

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13 September 2023
14th ECCE and 7th ECAB 2023 | 17-21 September, Berlin, Germany

Join us at the 14th ECCE and 7th ECAB 2023 conference in Berlin, Germany, from September 17th to 21st. Discover the incredible potential of fiber optics in remote spectroscopy and process control, including applications within bioreactors! Mark your calendar for our CEO & President, Viachselav Artyushenko's, insightful presentation titled "Fiber Spectroscopy for Process-Control in-line in […]

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About Our Company
art photonics GmbH, founded in Berlin in September 1998, is one of the worldwide leaders in development and production of specialty fiber products for a broad spectrum from 300 nm to 16 µm. Unique technologies of Polycrystalline Mid InfraRed (PIR-) fibers and Metal coated Silica fibers are used for assembly of various spectroscopy probes for medical diagnostics and industrial process control, in volume production of fiber for medical and industrial lasers, for different fiber bundles, etc.

Diaphanoscopy (Fiber-Art)

Fiber-assisted illumination of the skull

The multi-spectral transillumination of the nasal sinuses with μLEDs is the application example from the medical technology, which was conceived in the extensive product pallete of art photonics GmbH.

Sinusitis, also known as a sinus infection or rhinosinusitis, is an inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nose. Sinusitis can be acute, orvchronic, which usually lasts for 3 to 8 weeks and can continue for months or even years; recurrent, which is several acute attacks within a year. The optical diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the nasal sinuses had in the past, in spite of its long history, a number of serious disadvantages that oppose its use in the routine of clinics and practices.

Together with a clinical partner from Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin,  art photonics  developed new, innovative concepts for light diagnostics for the ENT. In the re-discovery of diaphanoscopy, miniaturized and improved applicators with powerful LEDs are in the forefront of the use in minimally invasive medicine. The focus of the development of these innovative procedures for the screening of the nasal sinuses is the geometrical and ergonomic design of the applicator, the digitalisation of images and the establishment of the modern image processing methods for the evaluation of the scattered light images. An old, forgotten method of transillumination of the human skull gains therefore a new value in the light diagnosis of the inflammation of the nasal sinuses.

The aim of the project is the development of an equipment for minimally invasive diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses by illumination with visible and near infrared light as a condition of the formation and evaluation of light scattering patterns to low‐cost, non‐invasive, free of ionizing radiation screening for diagnosis and follow‐up.

Advantages:

  1. Noninvasive diagnosis of sinusitis without X‐ray, CT and biopsy to reduce the radiation exposure
  2. Selection of optimal wavelengths for the beam source to distinguish between
  3. different forms of inflammation
  4. Anatomical ‐ based shape of applicator for comfortable transillumination
  5. Development of a diagnostic wizards to simplify and increase the diagnostic accuracy
  6. Cost reduction through the introduction and adaptation of optical technologies

Current status

A universal LED applicator was developed:

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