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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey I Levatter, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acculase Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9632 ; 350 9615 ; 350 9620 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transmitting high power laser energy through a flexible optical fiber comprising a relatively large solid optical fiber coupled to a relatively short segment of a flexible liquid optical fiber at the distal end of the solid optical fiber. The liquid fiber is a hollow tube filled with highly transparent liquid and is capable of transmitting high power laser energy while remaining flexible.