Optical cable with illumination path

A cable device comprising:

• an elongated transmission member defining a linear or curvilinear central axis;
• a first jacket having a first outer surface and a first central bore along a length of the first jacket;
• an illumination element having a first section extending in a direction parallel to the central axis and along a length of the transmission member and second sections attached to opposite sides of the first section, the second sections of the illumination element having first and second exposed portions having respective first and second cross-sections, each of the first and the second cross-sections defining respective first and second illumination element central axes extending therethrough in one or more directions transverse to the central axis of the transmission member, wherein the illumination element is configured to convey a given light such that the given light that enters the first exposed portion of the illumination element exits the second exposed portion of the illumination element;
• a second jacket having a second outer surface and a second central bore along a length of the second jacket, the transmission member extending through the second central bore;
• and
• a first auxiliary connector including an angled surface defining a portion of a receptacle, the receptacle being configured for receiving a tip of a light source between the second exposed portion of the illumination element and the angled surface, the second exposed portion of the illumination element being within the first auxiliary connector such that at least a portion of the given light that exits the second exposed portion of the illumination element is redirected by the angled surface,
• wherein the first exposed portion of the illumination element is configured for receiving light conveyed from the tip of the light source when the tip is received in the receptacle, and
• wherein one of the second sections of the illumination element extends through the first central bore of the first jacket and the first section of the illumination element extends through at least a portion of the second jacket.

A cable device comprising:

• an elongated transmission member defining a linear or curvilinear central axis;
• a first jacket having a first outer surface and a first central bore along a length of the first jacket;
• an illumination element having a first section extending in a direction parallel to the central axis and along a length of the transmission member and second sections attached to opposite sides of the first section, the second sections of the illumination element having first and second exposed portions having respective first and second cross-sections, each of the first and the second cross-sections defining respective first and second illumination element central axes extending therethrough in one or more directions transverse to the central axis of the transmission member, wherein the illumination element is configured to convey a given light such that the given light that enters the first exposed portion of the illumination element exits the second exposed portion of the illumination element;
• a second jacket having a second outer surface and a second central bore along a length of the second jacket, the transmission member extending through the second central bore;
• an auxiliary connector attached at an end of the first jacket, at least the end of the first jacket being separable from the second jacket;
• a cable connector attached at an end of the second jacket,
• wherein the auxiliary connector is attached to the cable connector by a clip to maintain the position of the auxiliary connector relative to the cable connector and such that the auxiliary connector is separable from the cable connector, and
• wherein one of the second sections of the illumination element extends through the first central bore of the first jacket and the first section of the illumination element extends through at least a portion of the second jacket.