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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Alexander N. Artsyukhovich, Dana Point, CA (US);
Bruno X. Lassalas, Irvine, CA (US);
T. Scott Rowe, Dana Point, CA (US);
Peter Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Alexander N. Artsyukhovich, Dana Point, CA (US);
Bruno X. Lassalas, Irvine, CA (US);
T. Scott Rowe, Dana Point, CA (US);
Peter Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Alcon, Inc., Hunenberg, CH;
Abstract
An optical fiber detector, and a method and system for optical fiber detection are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a receptacle, to receive and position an optical fiber connector, an infra-red ('IR') source for providing an incident IR beam onto a cross-sectional face of an optical fiber and a cross-sectional face of the optical fiber connector, and an IR detector for receiving a reflected IR beam from the face of the optical fiber and the face of the optical fiber connector and generating a detector signal representative of the intensity of the reflected IR beam, wherein the intensity of the reflected IR beam is representative of the presence and type of the optical fiber. It is contemplated that the optical fiber detector of this invention can be implemented or incorporated in any machine or system requiring connection of an optical fiber to a light source.