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Multi-fiber variable intensity wide-angle illuminator

CA 2544928 C · Owner: Cazzini, Karl · Inventors: Cazzini, Karl

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An illuminator and surgical illumination system are disclosed one , embodiment of the surgical illumination system comprising: a light source for providing a light beam; an optical cable optically coupled to the light , source for receiving and transmitting the light beam; a handpiece operably coupled to the optical , cable; an optical fiber assembly operably coupled to the handpiece wherein , the , optical fiber assembly is optically coupled to the optical cable to receive and transmit , the light beam and wherein the optical fiber assembly comprises a plurality of fiber , guides, wherein each fiber guide comprises a cladding having one or more fiber cores , for transmitting and …

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  • Filed April 26, 2006 and granted December 16, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2026.
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FiledApril 26, 2006
GrantedDecember 16, 2014
Term endedApril 26, 2026
Patent numberCA 2544928 C
Classification (IPC)A61B1/07 +1 more

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