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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Kirk A. Middlemass, Winchester Center, CT (US);
Stephan J. W. Platzer, Longmeadow, MA (US);
George H. Lester, Avon, CT (US);
Todd J. Hallock, Thomaston, CT (US);
Kirk A. Middlemass, Winchester Center, CT (US);
Stephan J. W. Platzer, Longmeadow, MA (US);
George H. Lester, Avon, CT (US);
Todd J. Hallock, Thomaston, CT (US);
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a light guide exposure device comprising light emitting diodes arranged in a single array defining an array width and a flexible light guide having a proximal end and a distal end; the proximal end defining a proximal end diameter. The array is positioned in substantial alignment with the light guide proximal end to direct substantially all of the light from the array to the proximal end. There is no optical element between the light emitting diodes and the proximal end which optical element would decrease the intensity of light directed from the light emitting diodes to the proximal end. The array width is substantially equal to the proximal end diameter.