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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hany M Hussein, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimedyne, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9632 ; 350 9624 ; 350 9626 ; 350 9633 ;
Abstract
A fiberoptic includes a guide for light or other electromagnetic energy which has a single fiber core with a ring-shaped cross-section and defines an outer cylindrical surface and an inner cylindrical surface. A cylindrical central hollow channel extends between the ends of the fiberoptic through the center of the single fiber ring-shaped core. Various devices including coherent fiber viewing bundles, hollow tubular transport channels and the like may be slidingly disposed through the center channel of the core.