External fiber for optical fiber delivery in opthalmic surgical devices
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorsKevin Canzone, John Morgan Bourne, Mikhail Ovchinnikov
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide an optical fiber system. The optical fiber system includes an aspiration tube, an optical fiber external to the aspiration tube, and a sleeve surrounding the optical fiber and the aspiration tube. The sleeve includes a distal portion that defines a channel. The channel extends between the aspiration tube and a distal opening of the sleeve. The channel and the aspiration tube define an aspiration pathway. The optical fiber is partially disposed within the channel.
Claims15
An optical fiber system, comprising:
- an aspiration tube;
- an optical fiber external to the aspiration tube;
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- a sleeve surrounding the optical fiber and the aspiration tube, the sleeve comprising:
- a distal portion that defines a channel extending between the aspiration tube and a distal opening of the sleeve, wherein the channel and the aspiration tube define an aspiration pathway, and the optical fiber is partially disposed within the channel.
An optical fiber system, comprising:
- an aspiration tube;
- an optical fiber external to the aspiration tube;
- and
- a distal cap, the distal cap comprising:
- a channel extending between the aspiration tube and a distal opening, the channel and the aspiration tube defining an aspiration pathway, the optical fiber being partially disposed within the channel.
An optical fiber system, comprising:
- an aspiration tube;
- an optical fiber external to the aspiration tube;
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- a distal cap, the distal cap comprising:
- a hypotube disposed at a distal end of the aspiration tube, the hypotube having a hypotube opening;
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- a channel extending between the aspiration tube and the distal opening, the channel and the aspiration tube defining an aspiration pathway, the hypotube being disposed within the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.