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US 10,420,609 B2Granted
Medical device and methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorYushen Tang
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a medical device including an energy source configured to emit energy into a first end of an optical fiber and a monitoring device configured to receive energy from a second end of the optical fiber.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- an energy source configured to emit energy into a first end of an optical fiber, wherein the medical device is configured to emit energy of a first magnitude into the first end of the optical fiber;
- and
- a monitoring device configured to receive energy from a second end of the optical fiber, wherein the medical device is configured to measure the energy received from the second end of the optical fiber to determine a second magnitude, and
- wherein the medical device includes a processor that is configured to determine whether the second magnitude is within a five percent difference of the first magnitude.
1 more element
A method for monitoring a medical device, comprising:
- inserting a second end of an optical fiber into a testing hole of a monitoring device, wherein a first end of the optical fiber is positioned to receive energy emitted from an energy source;
- instructing the energy source to emit energy at a certain power;
- measuring the power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber;
- comparing the energy emitted at the certain power from the energy source into the first end of the optical fiber to the energy measured from the second end of the optical fiber to determine a difference between the power of the energy emitted by the energy source and the power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber;
- and
- determining whether the difference between the power of the energy emitted by the energy source and the power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber is less than five percent of the energy emitted at the certain power from the energy source into the first end of the optical fiber.
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A method, comprising:
- inserting a first end of an optical fiber into a socket of a monitoring device to receive energy emitted from an energy source, wherein the optical fiber has been used in one or more medical procedures;
- inserting a second end of an optical fiber into a testing hole of the monitoring device;
- instructing the energy source to emit energy at a certain power;
- measuring a power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber;
- comparing the energy emitted at the certain power from the energy source into the first end of the optical fiber to the energy measured from the second end of the optical fiber to determine a difference between the power of the energy emitted by the energy source and the power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber;
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- determining whether the difference between the power of the energy emitted by the energy source and the power of the energy emitted from the second end of the optical fiber is less than five percent of the energy emitted at the certain power from the energy source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.