Image-transmitting fiber
US4896941A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/06
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image-transmitting fiber includes at least one first fiber element for transmitting light power therethrough, and a plurality of second fiber elements disposed around and extending along the first fiber element. The second fiber elements cooperates with one another for transmitting an image of an object therethrough. The first fiber element is greater in diameter than each of the second fiber elements.
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