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US 5,394,865 AGranted
Fiber-view lighted stylet
OwnerAlbert Salernoinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is an autoclavable fiber-illuminated stylet and visual probe useful in assisting in the performance of intubations and other medical procedures. The stylet has a removably attached handle having a light source from which extends encased, malleable fiber-optic cables capable of transmitting light to the local area to be seen (e.g. in the vicinity of the epiglottis). The local are may be viewed through a removably attached scope via the second fiber optic cable.
Claims20
An instrument for illuminating and viewing a local area comprising:
- a handle having first and second ends;
- first and second fiber optic cables, both of said fiber optic cables being flexible, and each having first and second ends, said fiber optic cables detachably associated at their first ends with the handle's second end and extending from the handle's second end to the local area;
- said first fiber optic cable extending from a light source through said handle to the local area and said second fiber optics cable extending from a removably attached scope associated with the handle through the handle to the local area;
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- means for encasing a portion of at least one of said fiber optic cables and for making said encased fiber optic cables malleable.
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An instrument for illuminating and viewing a local area comprising:
- a handle having first and second ends;
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- first and second fiber optic cables, both of said fiber optic cables being flexible, and each having first and second ends, said fiber optic cables detachably associated at their first ends with the handle's second end and extending from the handle's second end to the local area,
- said first fiber optic cable extending from a light source through said handle to the local area, said first fiber optic cable being concentricly annular in cross-section, and a portion of said first fiber optic cable being encased within a malleable, metallic material,
- said second fiber optic cable extending from a scope associated with the handle through the handle to the local area and said second fiber optic cable being encased within an opaque flexible material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.