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| assignee |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_916075766043ce900399a4c2eee9f054
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_ec300bcfd7884d903617c5989585f759 |
| classificationCPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B1-07
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B1-0017
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/G02B6-06 |
| classificationIPCAdditional |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61B1-07 |
| classificationIPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/G02B6-06 |
| filingDate |
1991-04-10-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| inventor |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_984935f4be9337d48b32eec9d6f086f5
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_7c457dc7589fd9209eae2e9468b15dc9
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_2e2933ac3ee33462ee7c364593cdeef7 |
| publicationDate |
1991-10-17-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| publicationNumber |
WO-9115793-A1 |
| titleOfInvention |
Endoscope with single plastic fiber optic bundle |
| abstract |
An endoscope (20) is disclosed which incorporates a plastic multi-fiber optic bundle assembly (22) for both illuminating and imaging tissue specimens. The bundle assembly (22) is comprised of a plastic multi-fiber optic bundle (28) surrounded by an individually cladded plastic optical fiber (30), with the bundle assembly (22) having a cross-section matching that of a single opening (24) extending through the length of the catheter (26) to thereby minimize the cross-sectional area of the catheter itself and optimize its flexibility. A multi-fiber optical bundle (28) used for imaging and apparatus and methods for forming the bundle (28) with arrays of individually cladded fibers (30) is disclosed. Several embodiments are disclosed of varying geometrical arrangements. An alternative embodiment is disclosed wherein a square multi-fiber imaging bundle (78) and four round illuminating fibers (80) are inserted through a generally circular opening (24) in the catheter (26). In still another embodiment, a mirror (86) or beam splitter (92) may be used to transmit illuminating as well as imaging light through a single multi-fiber bundle (84). In still another embodiment, a multi-fiber annular shaped guide (100) is used to transmit the illuminating light, and a method for forming it from a plurality of individually cladded plastic fibers (102) is disclosed. |
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1990-04-11-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
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http://data.epo.org/linked-data/def/patent/Publication |