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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:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
May. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard T Schneider, Alachua, FL (US);
Assignee:
RTS Laboratories, Inc., Alachua, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H01J / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9625 ; 350 9624 ; 350320 ; 350 9618 ; 350507 ; 350540 ; 350 9626 ; 250227 ; 128-4 ; 128-6 ;
Abstract
The invention includes a fiber optic bundle comprising a plurality of individually optic fiber elements. Each of the optic fiber elements has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the optic fiber elements have a smaller cross-sectional area than the second ends. The first ends are mechanically joined to provide strength to said fiber optic bundle. Detectors are connected to the second ends for receiving light channeled through the optic fibers. Due to the increase in size of the optic fibers from the first end to the second end, a magnification in the transported image takes place.