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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:
Jun. 27, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefano Sottini, Caldine-Florence, IT;
Vera Russo, Florence, IT;
Filippo Crea, Roma, IT;
Giancarlo Margheri, Florence, IT;
Assignee:
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Viale Liegi, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 350 9610 ; 350 9626 ; 128-5 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic device for the transmission and lateral irradiation of laser energy, particularly for angioplasty, comprising at least one optical fiber (1), to the inlet end of which there is coupled a laser source (4) and to the outlet end of which, after removing its coating (3), there is applied a microcapsule (5) which is transparent to laser radiation and has a substantially toroidal thickened portion (6) surrounding said end and arranged to give rise to a 'corolla-shaped' output laser beam.