Optical waveguides – Accessories – Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers
Patent
1992-02-07
1993-09-07
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
Accessories
Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers
385134, G02B 636
Patent
active
052436799
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber storage and manipulation system (1) is disclosed, including a storage container (2) and a fiber insertion tool (3). The storage apparatus (2) includes a housing (11) containing a reel (13) onto which portions of a bare fiber (6) as well as a sheathed tube (36) coaxially covering the fiber (6) is wound. The fiber (6) may be withdrawn from the housing (11) and inserted into a fiber insertion tool (3) having a frame (15) which houses a sliding fiber gripping assembly (16) which permits the application of longitudinal compressive force to the fiber and advances the fiber (6) by means of a fiber advance tube (17) which telescopes into a larger diameter cannula insertion tube (18). The present system can be used, for example, in the field of laser angiosurgery in which arterial blockages are removed by the application of laser energy to arterial blockages by means of advancing an optical fiber to the site of the blockage. The present system permits advancement of the fiber (6) through a relatively tortuous path without damage to the fiber.
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Fangel Jayne G.
Sharrow James S.
GV Medical, Inc.
Heartney Phan T.
Lee John D.
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