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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Suga, Hino, JP;
Kenji Kamimura, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A probe includes a plurality of optical fibers that includes an irradiation fiber and a light-receiving fiber; and an optical member of which a base end face is arranged to abut on leading end faces of the optical fibers, and a leading end face is exposed to an outer side. The leading end face of the optical member is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the probe. Light emitted from the irradiation fiber passes through a path inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of the leading end face.