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Surgical wide-angle illuminator

  • US 20070100327A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2006
  • Published: 05/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A small-gauge, wide-angle illuminator, comprising:

  • an optical fiber, operable to be optically coupled to a light source and receive a light beam from the light source and transmit the light beam to illuminate an area;

    a handpiece, operably coupled to the optical fiber;

    an optical element, operable to receive the light beam and scatter the light beam to illuminate the area, wherein the optical element comprises a compound parabolic concentrator (“

    CPC”

    ) cone; and

    a cannula, operably coupled to the handpiece, for housing and directing the optical fiber and the optical element.

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