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US 2019/0094472 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 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 that 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, the male ferrule resiliently supported within a body portion of the launch connector by an elastomeric material positioned rearwardly of the male ferrule.
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.
A method of making a connection for transmitting laser light from a laser light generator to a medical device, an optical fiber extending from the laser light generator with a launch connector attached thereto, the medical device having a receiving connector for the launch connector, the launch connector having a mechanical connection portion that interfaces with a mechanical connection portion of the receiving connector, the launch connector portion having a optical connection portion with a cylindrical male ferrule that interfaces with an optical connection portion having a female ferrule of the receiving connector, the method comprising:
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