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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dawn K. Gifford, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Mark E. Froggatt, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eric E. Sanborn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Brooks Childers, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system can direct light into an optical fiber. Imaging optics can form an image of an end of an optical fiber. An actuatable optical element can be configured to define an optical path that extends to the actuatable optical element and further extends to the end of the optical fiber. A processor can determine a location in the image of a specified feature in the image. The processor can cause, based on the location of the specified feature in the image, the actuatable optical element to actuate to align the optical path to a core of the optical fiber. A light source can direct a light beam along the optical path to couple into the core of the optical fiber.
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