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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
Woraphat Dockchoorung, Corning, NY (US);
Klaus Hartkorn, Painted Post, NY (US);
Mark Alan McDermott, Prattsburgh, NY (US);
Stephen Quenton Smith, Lawrenceville, PA (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-cylindrical hypotube is disclosed, such as for use in OCT and endoscopy. The hypotube is defined by a non-cylindrical, rotationally symmetric tube and has an interior, a proximal-end section with an outer diameter Da distal-end section with an outer diameter Dand a middle section between the proximal-end and distal-end sections and having an outer diameter Dwherein D<Dand D<DThe distal-end section is sized to accommodate the optical probe and includes an outer surface with an aperture that allows for optical communication therethrough.