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Title:
OPHTHALMIC SURGERY LIGHT TRANSMITTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004006749
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus has an optic fiber having a flexible length with a light source connector mounted on one end of the optic fiber and the opposite end of the optic fiber being adapted to be mounted to an ophthalmic surgery instrument to provide illumination for the instrument. The cross-sectional area of the optic fiber transition as it extends from the end connected to the light source connector to the opposite end of the optic fiber. The optic fiber transitions from a larger cross-sectional area of the optic fiber at the light source connector to a smaller cross-sectional area of the optic fiber at the opposite end.

Inventors:
AULD MICHAEL D
POULSEN MICHAEL S
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/019627
Publication Date:
May 12, 2005
Filing Date:
June 20, 2003
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Assignee:
SYNERGETICS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B19/00; G02B6/36; A61F9/007; G02B6/42; (IPC1-7): A61B18/20
Foreign References:
US5470330A1995-11-28
US4729621A1988-03-08
US5738677A1998-04-14
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