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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. 28, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Black, Foster City, CA (US);
Vladimir Kupershmidt, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 15 ; 606-7 ; 606 11 ; 606 17 ; 606 88 ;
Abstract
A fiber-optic probe for soft-tissue laser surgery such as angioplasty comprising a section of an optical fiber having a beam-inlet end (23) and a beam-outlet end (22) and composed of a beam-propagating core (18) and a cladding (19) a part of which is removed in the form of openings (20, 21) through which a portion of the laser beam leaves the fiber-optic probe and is directed laterally to the longitudinal axis 34 of the fiber to the operation site. The intensity distribution of the outgoing beam can be controlled by selecting a required pattern of distribution of the openings.