Surgical illuminator
AssigneeAmerican Hospital Supply Corporation
InventorsGarry S. Brody, Alexander S. Borsanyi
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Abstract
A surgical illuminator comprising a plurality of elongated, flexible, optical fibers having proximal and distal end portions and a strip of tape for retaining at least the distal end portions of the optical fibers in a ribbon-like pattern. A connector is coupled to the proximal end portions of the optical fibers, and the connector is adapted to optically couple the optical fibers to a light source. The tape has adhesive on both of its faces so that the tape can also be adhered to a surgical instrument to provide illumination from the light source.
Claims22
An illuminator adapted to be coupled to a light source and to a member, said illuminator comprising:
- a plurality of elongated, flexible optical fibers having proximal and distal end portions;
- flexible means for retaining at least the distal end portions of the optical fibers in a ribbon-like pattern;
- a connector coupled to the proximal end portions of the optical fibers, said connector being adapted to optically couple the optical fibers to the light source;
- said retaining means having an exterior face with pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon;
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- a release sheet adhered to said exterior face of the retaining means by the adhesive and separable from the exterior face to expose the adhesive whereby the distal end portions of the optical fibers can be adhered to the member to provide illumination from the light source.
An illuminator adapted to be coupled to a light source and to a member, said illuminator comprising:
- a plurality of elongated flexible optical fibers having proximal and distal end portions;
- a strip of tape having first and second faces with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on said first face, said distal end portions of the optical fibers being adhered to the first face and retained in a ribbon-like pattern by the pressure-sensitive adhesive on said first face;
- a connector coupled to the proximal end portions of the optical fibers, said connector being adapted to optically couple the optical fibers to the light source;
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- means for attaching the tape and the distal end portions of the optical fibers to the member to provide illumination from the light source to the member.
A surgical apparatus adapted to be coupled to a light source, said apparatus comprising:
- a manually operable surgical instrument;
- a plurality of elongated, flexible optical fibers having proximal and distal end portions;
- flexible means for retaining at least the distal end portions of the optical fibers in a ribbon-like pattern;
- a connector coupled to the proximal end portions of the optical fibers, said connector being adapted to optically couple the optical fibers to the light source;
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- said retaining means having an exterior face with pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon adhering the retaining means and the distal end portions of the optical fibers to the surgical instrument whereby illumination is provided from the light source to the region of the surgical instrument.
An illuminator adapted to be coupled to a light source and to a member, said illuminator comprising:
- a plurality of elongated flexible optical fibers having proximal and distal end portions;
- a strip of tape having first and second faces with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on both of said faces, said distal end portions of the optical fibers being adhered to the first face and retained thereon by the adhesive on said first face;
- a connector coupled to the proximal end portions of the optical fibers, said connector being adapted to optically couple the optical fibers to the light source;
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- a release sheet adhered to said second face of the tape by the adhesive on said second face and separable from the second face to expose the adhesive thereon whereby the distal end portions of the optical fibers can be adhered to the member to provide illumination from the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.