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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:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
May. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Hessel, Munich, DE;
Thomas Ischinger, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 128-6 ;
Abstract
For the circumferential irradiation of objects, especially of vessels, hollow organs and solid tissue, by optical radiation of high intensity which is conducted via a flexible optical fiber, the optical radiation is coupled into the optical fiber at a predetermined angle (.beta..sub.1,.beta..sub.2) to the surface normal of the end face of the optical fiber such that it leaves the distant end of the optical fiber in the form of a conical surface.