System for transmitting and receiving signals along a circular path

US6043916A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Hans Poisel · Leinburg, DE
• Georg Kodl · Nürnberg, DE
• Erhan Dandin · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B10/801
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for sending and receiving light signals representing measurement information, such as used in conjunction with a medical examination apparatus. The medical examination device has a rotating sender support with a sender device for transmitting the signal light. The sender device is positionally fixed on the sender support so as to rotate in a circular path defined by the rotating support. A stationary detecting receiver device is disposed on a circle that is parallelly aligned with the circular path over which the sender is rotated. The receiver device is disposed at a distance from the sender. A single sender device is used to transmit the informational signals. The receiver device is a fluorescing fiber-optic fiber which extends within a circular ring configuration and has at least one detector mounted at or near at least one of the fiber. The detector detects the informational signals received by the fiber. The sender emits the informational signals to the fluorescing fiber-optic fiber at an angle which is approximately perpendicular to the central axis of the fiber.