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US 11,696,961 B2Granted
Apparatus for directing light through an inner lumen of a body
AssigneeInikoa Medical, Inc.
InventorBrett M. Zaborsky
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Abstract
An assembly for redirecting light emitted by an end-emitting optical fiber into an inner lumen of a body is provided. According to one implementation, the body includes one or more surfaces disposed on or in the body onto which the light is configured to impinge when the end emitting optical fiber is activated, the one or more surfaces being configured to alter the trajectory of the light so that the light is directed to impinge on a light reflector of a cap removably attached to the body, the light reflector of the cap being configured to redirect the light distally into the inner lumen of the body.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- an end emitting optical fiber having a length and configured to end emit light;
- a body having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a receptacle in which at least a portion of the length of the end emitting optical fiber resides;
- a cap configured to be removably attached to a proximal end portion of the body, the cap including a light reflector that is arranged to face distally into the inner lumen of the body when the cap is attached to the proximal end portion of the body;
- one or more surfaces disposed on or in the body onto which the light is configured to impinge when the end emitting optical fiber is activated, the one or more surfaces being configured to alter the trajectory of the light so that the light is directed to impinge on the light reflector of the cap, the light reflector of the cap being configured to redirect the light distally into the inner lumen of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.