It was then that she noticed the laser scalpel on the beside table.

And for the Changeling's purposes, a laser scalpel wouldn't quite do the job.

That happened immediately after we lost the surgeon and his laser scalpel.

By this point she realized it was a laser scalpel.

The only thing missing was the energy cell to operate the laser scalpel.

The laser scalpel was in her hand, hidden beneath the rags.

In one smooth arc she brought the laser scalpel down and plunged it into his body.

Give me that laser scalpel you used on the guard.

But an enhanced mind, working like an intelligent, large-scale laser scalpel, just might do the job.

The main point was that seventeen years ago laser scalpels had been judged to be a good, clean way to cut.