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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2025
Vioptix, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Alex Michael Margiott, Dunbarton, NH (US);
Sean Gossin, Media, PA (US);
Timothy Lee Sauder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Dunk, Casto Valley, CA (US);
Scott E. Coleridge, New York, NY (US);
Mark Lonsinger, San Jose, CA (US);
ViOptix, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
A laparoscopic medical device includes an oximeter sensor at its tip, which allows for making oxygen saturation measurements laparoscopically. The laparoscopic medical device includes a probe unit and a laparoscopic tube that detachably connects with the probe unit so that the laparoscopic tube can be replaced for different patient surgeries and the probe unit can be reused. The probe unit includes a number of optical fibers and the detachable laparoscopic tube includes a number of optical fibers where tips of the fibers of the probe unit and laparoscopic tube connect end to end. Cores of the transmitting optical fibers have smaller numerical apertures and smaller diameters than cores of the receiving optical fibers to facilitate a high percentage of light transmission even when the optical fibers are misaligned at their contacting ends.