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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Xrv-ip, Llc, Chesterfield, MO (US);
James C. Easley, Cottleville, MO (US);
Matt LaConte, Chesterfield, MO (US);
XRV-IP, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Abstract
A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state and a straightened state, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state. An external surface of the straightening tube contacts an internal surface of the guiding member when the straightening tube is in the first position and the guiding member is in the straightened state.