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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Usa Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anderson Thi Mach, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tzu-Yu Wu, Malden, MA (US);
Alexander Altshuler, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); H01R 13/625 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3871 (2013.01); G02B 6/04 (2013.01); G02B 6/353 (2013.01); G02B 6/3833 (2013.01); G02B 6/3878 (2013.01); G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); G02B 6/0006 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 6/3604 (2013.01); H01R 13/625 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system for connecting optical fibers, commonly used in medical instruments, for use in endoscopy, non-evasive treatments of disease, as well as other medical factions incorporating optical fibers, wherein the novel connector allows for rotation of at least one optical fiber within the connector.