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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Yuri Kazakevich, Andover, MA (US);
Inventor:
Yuri Kazakevich, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state light source includes a semiconductor light source for emitting light and an optical system having a fiber optic element. The fiber optic element has an input for receiving emitted light from the semiconductor light source. The fiber optic element also has an output for emitting light received from the solid-state light source. The semiconductor light source and the fiber optic element in aggregate form an illumination path.