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Fiberoptic coupler

US4919508A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1988
Grant dateApr 24, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2006/4297
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coupler for efficiently coupling a laser light source to a fiberoptic catheter. The coupler contains coding for determining information about the catheter, such as the size of the optical fiber catheter which it is coupling.

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