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Female optical receiving device and method

  • US 9,052,466 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2014
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A female optical receiving device for connecting a first optical fiber to a second optical fiber, the first optical fiber being within a proximal portion of a guidewire tubing, the female optical receiving device comprising:

  • a first ferrule or tubing, having a longitudinal axis and an inside diameter adapted to an outside diameter of the guidewire tubing; and

    a second ferrule or tubing, having a longitudinal axis and an inside diameter adapted to an outside diameter of the second optical fiber, the longitudinal axis of the first ferrule or tubing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of the second ferrule or tubingwherein the first optical fiber has an outside diameter which is different from the outside diameter of the second optical fiber.

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