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US 12,678,259 B2Granted
Surgical illumination system
AssigneeKatalyst Surgical, LLC
InventorsSteven Scheller, Eric J. Bass, Anthony Kiel, Gregg D. Scheller, Carl C. Awh
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Abstract
A surgical illumination system includes a light source having at least one laser diode configured to emit a light beam, the light beam having a focal point at a focal point plane, an optical fiber with a proximal portion configured to receive the light beam from the light source and a distal portion configured to emit the light beam from the light source, the proximal portion having an aperture opening. The size of the focal point is less than the size of the aperture opening.
Claims15
A surgical illumination system comprising:
- a light source having at least one light element configured to emit a light beam, the light beam having a focal point at a focal point plane;
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- an illumination microsurgical device removably coupled to the light source, the illumination microsurgical device comprising:
- an optical fiber with a proximal portion configured to receive the light beam from the light source and a distal portion configured to emit the light beam from the light source, the proximal portion having an aperture opening,
- wherein the optical fiber is integrated into the illumination microsurgical device, and
- wherein the distal portion extends from an end of the illumination microsurgical device;
- wherein the size of the focal point is less than the size of the aperture opening;
- wherein the light source includes a source connector configured to receive the illumination microsurgical device and optically couple the optical fiber to the at least one light element.
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