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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. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Danh Tran, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Infrared Fiber Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385141 ;
Abstract
A biocompatible optical fiber tip derived from fluorophosphate glasses whose composition includes P--O compounds, AlF.sub.3, alkali-earth fluorides, and/or alkali fluorides, and lanthanides fluoride is used with a medical laser to transmit power for surgical applications.