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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
David Paul Noonan, New York, NY (US);
Molly Flexman, Melrose, MA (US);
Bharat Ramachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Merel Danielle Leistikow, Vleuten, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
One or more launch fixture ()s for optical shape sensing (OSS), the one launch fixture () or each launch fixture () being configured to receive and secure an optical fiber within a flexible OSS enabled instrument. A docking device () is provided for securing the launch fixture ()(s) onto a launch fixture base (). The docking device () may include one or more launch fixture () slots on one side of the docking device (), or one or more launch fixture () slots on each of two opposing sides of the docking device ().