Changes: Protoplaser

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A protoplaser was a medical device used in wound treatment. Anabolic protoplasers were specialized versions of protoplasers.

Personnel file information about Lois Eckridge, an emergency medical assistant, listed her certification to use a protoplaser. (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")

In a delusion created by Commander William T. Riker's mind while he was held captive on Tilonus IV, Doctor Beverly Crusher ordered for an anabolic protoplaser to be used in the treatment of a crewmember who had been injured by an exploding plasma torch. (TNG: "Frame of Mind")

Background

Information about Eckridge that mentioned the protoplaser was visible in an okudagram graphic, not from dialog or from an explicitly seen prop.

Detailed drawings of a protoplaser device (an "anabolic protoplaser") seen in the Star Fleet Technical Manual match the prop seen used by Christine Chapel on Spock following his disastrous mind-meld with V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and by Leonard McCoy on Peter Preston in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

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+A '''protoplaser''' was a [[Medical equipment|medical device]] used in wound treatment.  '''Anabolic protoplasers''' were specialized versions of protoplasers.
-TOS era, circa 2260's medical device.  Also called skin-grafting lasers, they were used to quickly and painlessly seal severed blood vessels and wounds without scars.  By stimulating the patient's anabolism, they accelerate the natural healing process within the wound.  Since it stimulates anabolism, it is not species specific.  Smaller sizes were for internal applications, while larger models dealt with external lacerations, abrasions, and surgical wounds of the skin.
-([[TOS]]: "[[The Enemy Within]]", [[TNG]]: "[[Frame of Mind]]"),
+[[Personnel file]] information about [[Lois Eckridge]], an [[emergency medical assistant]], listed her certification to use a protoplaser. ({{TNG|Eye of the Beholder}})
-==See Also==
-[[dermal regenerator]]
+In a delusion created by [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]]'s mind while he was held captive on [[Tilonus IV]], [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] ordered for an anabolic protoplaser to be used in the treatment of a crewmember who had been injured by an exploding [[plasma torch]].  ({{TNG|Frame of Mind}})
-[[List of medical equipment]]
+===See also===
+*[[Dermal regenerator]]
+==Background==
+*Information about Eckridge that mentioned the protoplaser was visible in an [[okudagram]] graphic, not from dialog or from an explicitly seen prop.
+*Detailed drawings of a protoplaser device (an "anabolic protoplaser") seen in the ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' match the prop seen used by [[Christine Chapel]] on [[Spock]] following his disastrous mind-meld with ''[[V'Ger]]'' in {{film|1}}, and by [[Leonard McCoy]] on [[Peter Preston]] in {{film|2}}.
+==External link==
+*{{NCwiki}}
+* {{NCwiki|Anabolic protoplaser}}
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+==Apocrypha, unspecified references==
+An '''anabolic protoplaser''' was a  from the [[2260s]] also known as a [[skin]]-grafting [[laser]].
+By stimulating the patient's anabolism, the natural healing process within the wound is accelerated. They were used to quickly and painlessly seal severed [[blood]] vessels and wounds without scars.
+Since it stimulates anabolism, it is not species specific. Smaller sizes were for internal applications, while larger models dealt with external lacerations, abrasions, and surgical wounds of the skin. ({{TOS|The Enemy Within}}; {{TNG|Frame of Mind}})
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+[[Category:Medical equipment]]