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US 2017/0285276 A1Published application
Optical fiber cable connector
AssigneeIpg Photonics Corporation
InventorsGregory Altshuler, Christopher Gaal, Valery Kozlov
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AssigneeIpg Photonics Corporation
InventorsGregory Altshuler, Christopher Gaal, Valery Kozlov
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A delivery system extends from a laser radiation source for connecting to a medical device that utilizes the laser radiation for medical treatment. The delivery system comprises an optical fiber connecting to a male launch connecter. The male launch connector having a body portion with the optical fiber fixed or constrained therein and the optical fiber terminating at a male ferrule with a forward directed fiber facet, the male ferrule may be cantilevered within the body portion by the optical fiber line providing freedom of movement of the male ferrule. The launch connector engages a receiving connector on the medical device first with mechanical connection portions and then more finely aligning optical connection portions by the male ferrule self aligning in a female ferrule with cooperating tapered surfaces. The male portion may fully seat in the female portion with cooperating cylindrical surfaces.
An optical fiber connector coupling for connecting a laser radiation source to a medical device by way of an optical fiber, the coupling comprising a launch connector and a medical device connector, each of the launch connector and medical device connector having respective outer mechanical connection portions configured as a tubular portions that interface with one another, and each of the launch connector and medical device connector having respective inner optical connection portions, each of the inner optical connection portions positioned in respective recesses defined by the respective tubular portions, the launch connector optical connection portion comprising a male ferrule with a length, a forward end, and a rearward end, the male ferrule connecting to an optical fiber, the optical fiber anchored with respect to a body portion of the launch connector at a position displaced rearwardly from the ferrule, whereby the male ferrule is resiliently supported within the launch connector tubular portion at the rearward end of the male ferrule.
A coupling for connecting a laser radiation source to a medical device, the coupling comprising a launch connector on a fiber optic cable extendable from or connectible to the laser radiation source, the launch connector for coupling with the medical device and providing the laser radiation to the medical device, the launch connector comprising:
An optical fiber connector coupling for connecting a laser radiation source to a device, the coupling comprising a launch connector with a mechanical connection portion and an optical connection portion comprising a male ferrule with connected to an optical fiber, the male ferrule resiliently supported within a body portion of the launch connector, the male ferrule having a cylindrical outer surface, the coupling further comprising a receiving connector, the receiving portion comprising a mechanical connection portion for cooperating with the mechanical connection portion of the launch connector, and an optical connection portion comprising a female ferrule, the female ferrule having an internal cylindrical surface the slidingly engages the cylindrical outer surface of the male ferrule, the female ferrule not having a stop surface limiting the insertion distance of the male ferrule into the female ferrule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.