Adaptor for connecting a medical laser to a flexible waveguide or an articulated arm
AssigneeLumenis Ltd.
InventorsAssaf Gelstein, Eyal Benisty, Stanislav Kramer
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Abstract
A dual port switching apparatus (12) comprising a connection part for mounting to a base unit (11), an input beam port to receive a main laser beam from a base unit (11) in an input optical path (22), a first output port (14) for connection to a flexible wave guide, a second output port (15) for connection to an articulated arm (16), and a switching element (56) moveable between a first position and a second position to direct an input beam to one of the first output port (14) and the second output port (15).
Claims16
A dual port switching adaptor comprising a connection part for mounting to a base unit,
- an input beam port to receive a main laser beam from a base unit, a first output port for connection to a flexible hollow wave guide, a second output port for connection to an articulated arm, and
- a switching element moveable between a first position and a second position to direct an input beam to one of the first output port and the second output port,
- the adaptor further comprising an auxiliary guide beam source, and a beam combiner to direct an auxiliary guide beam to the first output port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.