Optical fiber assembly, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9880337
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14511294

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Disclosed herein is an optical fiber assembly comprising a launching fiber having a receiving end and a transmitting end; an illuminating fiber having a receiving end and a transmitting end; where the receiving end of the launching fiber is operative to receive light from a light source and the transmitting end of the launching fiber is operative to transmit light to the receiving end of the illuminating fiber; where the launching fiber contacts the illuminating fiber in a manner so as to be offset from a center of a cross-sectional area of the illuminating fiber; and where the launching fiber has a diameter that is ⅛ to ½ of a diameter of the illuminating fiber; and a lens that is operative to contact the transmitting end of the illuminating fiber.

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  • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.;OFS FITEL, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sun, Xiaoguang West Hartford, US 44 1389

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