Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable...

Optical waveguides – Optical fiber bundle

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C385S116000, C385S117000, C385S118000, C606S182000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07599591

ABSTRACT:
An optical device and method for varying an optical characteristic of an optical beam can include a plurality of optical fibers each having an input end, an output end, and a core, wherein each of the optical fibers has an effective area and a numerical aperture, and a beam-deviating component for moving at least one of the optical fiber input ends and the optical beam relative to each other such that the optical beam selectively enters the input ends one at a time and is transmitted out the output ends one at a time, wherein at least one of the effective areas and the numerical apertures varies among the plurality of optical fibers such that the optical beam transmitted out of the output ends has a varying optical characteristic.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3703176 (1972-11-01), Vassiliadis et al.
patent: 4576160 (1986-03-01), Tanaka
patent: 4628416 (1986-12-01), Dewey
patent: 4917486 (1990-04-01), Raven et al.
patent: 5391165 (1995-02-01), Fountain et al.
patent: 5688264 (1997-11-01), Ren et al.
patent: 6014204 (2000-01-01), Prahl et al.
patent: 6099522 (2000-08-01), Knopp et al.
patent: 6717745 (2004-04-01), Nemes
patent: 7146983 (2006-12-01), Hohla et al.
patent: 2004/0073120 (2004-04-01), Motz et al.
patent: 2006/0100677 (2006-05-01), Blumenkranz et al.
patent: 2007/0147730 (2007-06-01), Wiltberger et al.
patent: 2007/0269173 (2007-11-01), Lu
patent: 2009/0003764 (2009-01-01), Ridder et al.
Helmchen, F. “Dynamic Confocal Imaging Of Living Brain Miniaturization Of Fluorescence Microscopes Using Fibre Optics”, Presented at a workshop held at the University of Bristol supported by The Physiological Society, [online] Jun. 30, 2001, retrieved from the Internet: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1113/eph8702478.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4111908

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.