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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Eibert Gerjan Van Putten, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Johannes Joseph Hubertina Barbara Schleipen, Eindhoven, NL;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Best, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical optical connector for reversibly connecting two associated optical fibers () for use in medical interventions, comprising a fiber carrying unit () for inserting an end portion of at least one of the associated optical fibers (), and an optical arrangement () for interacting with a light beam from one of the associated optical fibers () and conducting the light beam to the other one of the associated optical fibers () in a connected state of the medical optical connector, the optical arrangement () comprising at least two gradient index elements () and an additional optical element () arranged between the at least two gradient index elements, wherein the additional optical element provides for a sterility barrier between the associated fibers ().