Photonic crystal fibers and medical systems including photonic crystal fibers

US7167622B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OmniGuide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Burak Temelkuran · London, GB
• Charalambos Anastassiou · Malden, US
• David Torres · Stoughton, US
• Gil Shapira · Brookline, US
• Max Shurgalin · Bedford, US
• Gregor Dellemann · Cambridge, US
• Ori Weisberg · Cambridge, US
• Steven A. Jacobs · Needham, US
• Tairan Wang · Chelmsford, US
• Uri Kolodny · Cambridge, US
• Robert Floyd Payne · Lucas, US
• Yoel Fink · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P40/57
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In general, in one aspect, the invention features systems, including a photonic crystal fiber including a core extending along a waveguide axis and a dielectric confinement region surrounding the core, the dielectric confinement region being configured to guide radiation along the waveguide axis from an input end to an output end of the photonic crystal fiber. The systems also includes a handpiece attached to the photonic crystal fiber, wherein the handpiece allows an operator to control the orientation of the output end to direct the radiation to a target location of a patient.