LOW COST MOLDED OPTICAL PROBE WITH ASTIGMATIC CORRECTION, FIBER PORT, LOW BACK REFLECTION, AND HIGHLY REPRODUCIBLE IN MANUFACTURING QUANTITIES
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Mar 6, 2014
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Aug 27, 2013
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Sep 4, 2012
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A low cost molded optical probe with astigmatic correction, fiber port, low back reflection, and highly reproducible in manufacturing quantities is provided. The molded optical probe, includes a fiber receiving portion defining a groove defined along a longitudinal axis for receiving an optical fiber; a spacer portion having a spacer portion surface non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the groove, the spacer portion surface configured to cooperate with a distal end of the optical fiber; a prism portion positioned adjacent the spacer portion and having a prism surface non-parallel to the spacer portion surface and non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and configured to reflect light transmit through the optical fiber off perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a lens portion positioned adjacent the prism portion and having a lens surface configured to focus light received through the optical fiber.
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