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US 12,510,712 B2Granted
Medical optical fiber with protective tip encapsulation
AssigneeLumenis Ltd.
InventorArkady Khachaturov
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a medical optical fiber with protective tips for use with medical laser-based treatment of internal bodily organs. The medical optical fibers have apertures in a jacket of the medical optical fiber to increase an adhesion between the protective tip and the jacket.
Claims20
A medical optical fiber, comprising:
- an optical fiber core comprising an optical fiber end face at a distal end of the medical optical fiber;
- a jacket surrounding the optical fiber core;
- at least one aperture disposed in the jacket;
- and
- a protective tip encapsulating the optical fiber end face and extending longitudinally from the distal end towards a proximate end of the medical optical fiber,
- wherein the protective tip overlaps with the at least one aperture, and
- wherein the protective tip comprises a flattened distal end configured to shatter, fragment, melt, or otherwise open a pathway responsive to laser energy.
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A method of manufacturing a medical optical fiber, comprising:
- providing a medical optical fiber, the medical optical fiber comprising an optical fiber core and a jacket surrounding the optical fiber core, an end face of the optical fiber core exposed at a distal end of the medical optical fiber;
- forming at least one aperture in the jacket;
- and
- attaching a protective tip to the distal end of the medical optical fiber, the protective tip to overlap the at least one aperture and to cover the end face of the optical fiber core,
- wherein the protective tip comprises a flattened distal end configured to shatter, fragment, melt, or otherwise open a pathway responsive to laser energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.