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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Benjamin F. James, Iv, Mason, OH (US);
Gregory Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Donald E. Nitsche, Alden, NY (US);
Benjamin F. James, IV, Mason, OH (US);
Gregory Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Donald E. Nitsche, Alden, NY (US);
Indigo Medical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel optical fiber, and a method for its production, having a diffuser portion and continuous unitarily-constructed outer sleeve, which is adapted for the transmission of light to a treatment locale. More particularly, a medical instrument has an optical fiber including a diffuser portion at a distal end wherein an alignment sleeve for the optical fiber extends uninterruptedly in a single piece from a connector for a laser light source to at least the distal end of the core of the optical fiber.