Snap-in proximal connector for mounting an optic fiber element into a light source system
CA 2332248 A1 · Owner: Li, Kenneth K. · Inventors: Li, Kenneth K.; Roller, Thomas W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A proximal connector includes a stainless steel cone-shaped ferrule enclosing , a proximal end of the optic fiber element. The ferrule is inserted within a matching aperture of a receiving block which is also made of stainless steel. The matching shapes of the ferrule and the aperture of the receiving block ensure effective heat transfer from the ferrule into the receiving block. The receiving block may be provided with cooling vanes and air may be circulated , over the cooling vanes to dissipate heat transferred to the receiving block from the connector. Both ferrule and the aperture are axially symmetric such that any rotation of the proximal connector while inserted into the …
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed June 4, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 4, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 4, 2021.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.