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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard Scrivo, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
James J Lewis, Bronxville, NY (US);
Paul Binner, Dumont, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Vicon Products Corporation, Pelham Manor, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 / ; 65-1 ; 65-2 ; 65DI / ; 128 11 ; 128 16 ; 128397 ;
Abstract
An autoclavable instrument, such as an autoclavable laryngoscope, is provided which includes fiber optics illuminating means and is especially adapted for medical and/or dental applications. The illuminating means includes an elongated sintered glass rod formed from an oriented fiber optics bundle comprising a plurality of glass fibers. The elongated glass rod may include curved or bent portions so as to conform to the contours of the instrument. A method is also provided for making an instrument as described above.