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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:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephanos Papademetriou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Victor C. Esch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
EndoVasix, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/126 ;
Abstract
An apparatus, including a light detecting means, determines the actual position of an optical fiber array having one or more, but fewer than all, short fibers by detecting light transmitted through the short fiber(s) as a laser beam is horizontally and/or vertically scanned across the proximal fiber end(s). The fiber array is attached to an alignment block that facilitates delivery of the array to an accurate positioning means comprising two substantially parallel dowels.