Rangaswamy Srinivasan

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Rangaswamy Srinivasan (born February 28, 1929) is inventor at IBM Research. One of the famous invention he has contributed to is LASIK.

[edit] Ablative Photodecomposition

In 1981, Rangaswamy discovered that an ultraviolet excimer laser can be used to etch a living tissue precisely without causing any thermal damager to surrounding area. He named it Ablative Photodecomposition (APD).

[edit] LASIK

In 1983, Rangaswamy collaborated with an ophthalmic surgeon to use APD for a surgery of the cornea. This led to development of LASIK.

[edit] References

• Hall of Fame/inventor profile
• Profile from American Institute of Physics