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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Inventor:
Frederick Allen Moore, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/22 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2021.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/22 (2013.01); A61B 1/00186 (2013.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 23/2446 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); G02B 27/0068 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); G02B 27/1013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filter includes a central filter region, the central filter region to transmit a first wavelength range, a peripheral filter region, the peripheral filter region to block a second wavelength range, and a transition filter region between the central and peripheral filter regions, the transition filter region to transmit or block the second wavelength range differently than the second wavelength range is to be transmitted or blocked in the central and peripheral filter regions. More generally, there may be 'N' regions and up to N-1 transition regions.