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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110261583 | LIGHT SOURCE A light source for coupling light into a medical device, particularly a surgical handheld device, preferably for use in ophthalmology, comprising a lamp (1), a light guide (2) extending from the lamp (1), and a power supply (3) for the lamp (... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110141759 | MULTI-SPOT LASER SURGICAL PROBE USING FACETED OPTICAL ELEMENTS An optical surgical probe includes a handpiece, a light guide within the handpiece, and a multi-spot generator at a distal end of the handpiece. The handpiece is configured to optically couple to a light source. The light guide is configured to carry a light beam from t... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110038174 | OPHTHALMIC ENDOILLUMINATION WITH LIGHT COLLECTOR FOR WHITE PHOSPHOR In one embodiment, an illuminator configured to emit light into an optical fiber includes at least one pump light source configured to emit short-wavelength light. The illuminator further includes a white phosphor disposed to receive the short-wavelength light and to em... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100292783 | DEVICE FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS A device for locating an operational unit within a patient's body within the framework of a minimally-invasive surgery intervention includes a shaft having a distal end carrying an operational unit. The device includes an illuminator located at the distal end of the sha... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100191079 | BRAIN IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DIRECT PROSTHESIS CONTROL Methods and systems for controlling a prosthesis using a brain imager that images a localized portion of the brain are provided according to one embodiment of the invention. The brain imager provides motor cortex activation data by illuminating the motor cortex with nea... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100157622 | CONTROLLING BEAM INTENSITY IN AN OPHTHALMIC FIBER OPTIC ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING ROTATABLE PLATE ARRAYS An ophthalmic illumination system includes a collimated light beam focused onto an optical fiber for transmission of the light beam to an ophthalmic light probe. A light attenuator includes a pair of arrays positioned serially in a path for the collimated beam. The arra... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100145322 | LED DEVICE FOR THE HAEMOSTASIS OF BLOOD VESSELS A device for haemostasis of cutaneous blood vessels. The device comprises at least one light-emitting diode (“LED”), a power supply unit for operating the LED and a member for cooling and heat dissipation of the LED. The LED a emits light in the blue-violet spectral... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100097822 | Light diffusing device A light diffusing device for use in photodynamic therapy has a progressively distally increased exposed amount of core fiber defining a light emitting section. Excessive light energy emission is thus prevented access to proximal locations and provides an increased amoun... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100094092 | Medical Instruments An illuminated medical instrument comprises an insertion portion (1) for insertion into a body opening and defining an elongate passageway (2), the passageway extending along a longitudinal axis (3) and having a proximal end (4) and a distal ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090161384 | Beveled Tip Surgical Wide-Angle Illuminator A beveled tip, wide-angle illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment 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 ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090146583 | PORTABLE HANDHELD ILLUMINATION SYSTEM Illumination systems are described that can include one or more light sources, which can include LEDs, one or more lenses, and one or more optical fibers. A handheld, portable, and surgical intraocular illumination system is disclosed that is disposable, low-cost, and e... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090073717 | LIGHT SOURCE TRANSMITTING ASSEMBLY OF HAND-HELD MEDICAL ILLUMINATING DEVICE A light source transmitting assembly of a hand-held medical illuminating device includes an elongated light source transmitting body, a protective body and a connecting body. The light source transmitting body is constituted of an optical fiber and a covering body made ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090073718 | SEPARABLE MEDICAL ILLUMINATING DEVICE A separable medical illuminating device includes a light source transmitting assembly and a grip assembly. The light source transmitting assembly is constituted of a light source transmitting body, a protective body and a connecting body. The light source transmitting b... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090059617 | VOLUME EMITTER An apparatus for treating organic tissue includes: (i) a flash lamp defining a bore; (ii) a current source adapted for providing current to the flash lamp and operating at a current density adapted for forming a volume of optically transparent plasma within the bore, wh... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090016075 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING IN CONSOLE SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATING BIOLOGICAL TISSUES The present disclosure is directed to illumination techniques that include the use of one or more sets of Light Emitting Diodes or LEDs as light sources in a console/module system. The LED light sources can be utilized to produce a light beams with a specified/combinati... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080304281 | Operating Lumina An operating lumina comprising at least one light source arranged in a lumina body and an optical means for directing the visible radiation from the light source in a main radiating direction onto an operating zone has an additional luminous means that can be switched i... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080267562 | Delivering light via optical waveguide and multi-view optical probe head Techniques, apparatus and systems that use an optical probe head to deliver light to a target and to collect light from the target for imaging, monitoring, medical diagnostics and medical treatment applications.... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080243181 | Touch-Switched Luminous Plastic Tweezers Luminous tweezers are described having two tweezer branches (3), at the ends of which gripping/illuminating jaws (9) are provided, and at least one light source (5) with a switchable electricity supply (6; 7), the tweezer branches (3) ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080212337 | Multifunctional Floor Pods An ambient lighting system for a hospital operating room environment and a method of using said system is described. An apparatus comprising the combination of a translucent sheet and a backlight LED panel or colored light source (colored lamp(s) or LED(s) in an alcove)... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080175020 | Fiberoptic Illuminator A fiberoptic illuminator has a housing with an interface enabling an end fitting of a fiber optic bundle of a medical device to be connected to the housing. The illuminator includes a lamp assembly mounted within the housing for directing a high intensity beam of light ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080137362 | Lighting Device Having at Least Two Optical Systems A lighting device is provided, which comprises at least two optical systems, each being aligned along a separate optical axis and a light source arranged along said optical axes. Each of the optical systems comprise a reflector arranged on a first side of the light sour... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080080206 | GRADIENT INDEX SURGICAL ILLUMINATOR A gradient index wide-angle illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment 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 optica... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070282404 | Side-firing linear optic array for interstitial optical therapy and monitoring using compact helical geometry An optical probe has multiple side-firing optical fibers which terminate in a linearly staggered fashion. A central fiber can be used as well. In diagnostic techniques, one fiber can be used as an emitter, while the others are used as receivers, or various fibers can be... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070268720 | Method and System for Correcting an Optical Beam Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for shaping an annular focal spot pattern to allow for more efficient optical coupling to a small gauge optical fiber. An embodiment of the present invention can include an illumination source operable to ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070206391 | Light guide member, illumination apparatus, and image capturing apparatus using the same A light guide member illuminates with uniform light intensity distribution using the point light source light. On the lower end of the light guide member having a pair of side faces disposed oppositely, a groove is provided for receiving light output from each point lig... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070097703 | Integral solid-state luminaire with dual light paths and coaxial optics The invention includes a light and compact illuminator that can be powered from a portable and rechargeable battery. The illuminator includes two independent solid-state light sources and optics to converge the beams into a single high-intensity output beam. The compone... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070097702 | Surgical headlight A surgical headlight that uses multiple LEDs to produce superior illumination. Heat sinks are used to help dissipate heat produced from the LEDs. The light from the LEDs is directed, using collimizers, into fiber optic cables. The fiber light from the optic cables, usin... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070081358 | Medical Illumination Device with a Base A medical illumination device including a base, a light housing and a flexible body. The base includes a power source and an attachment component. The attachment component further includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion attachable to an attachme... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070076429 | Optical probe An optical probe has a tubular outer envelope, and a shaft rotatable about a rotating axis extending longitudinal direction of the outer envelope. A light guide disposed to extend along the shaft is connected to the shaft at its leading end portion, a light deflector co... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070002582 | Medical apparatus employing flexible light structures and methods for manufacturing same A method of manufacture and medical apparatus that provides an apparatus useful in illuminating at least a portion of a lumen of a body. The apparatus includes an elongated flexible member and a polymer encasement portion encasing a plurality of light emitters. The ligh... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060285316 | Hybrid surgical headlight system utilizing dual illumination paths and coaxial optics The invention includes a luminaire especially for medical use. The luminaire provides the user with a solid state integral light source that illuminates the subject while allowing the user to move around untethered. The luminaire further allows the user to connect a rem... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060285339 | Adjustable light source holder An adjustable light source holder allowing for manipulation of a light source to surgical site through an access device in at least two planes. The adjustable light source has a connecting portion for connecting to and rotating about an access device and a mounting port... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060285315 | Hybrid surgical headlight The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a surgical headlight having a hybrid design wherein a first low power light source, such as a LED is fixed to a headband such that the surgical headlight is untethered. The surgical headlight further comprises a coupling mea... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060268570 | Optical waveguide sheath The illumination system described below comprises an arthroscope, endoscope or other suitable surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end of the cannula to the distal end o... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060139944 | Corneal topographer This invention is directed to a corneal topographer (1) and a method for corneal topography. The topographer (1) includes an illumination projection subsystem to project a series of preselected different stationary patterns of one or more slits of light in... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060013014 | Dental light devices having an improved heat sink The present invention relates to a heat sink material that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a light source or sources with a given weight of heat sink material when compare to a heat sink made of a solid block of thermally conductive material such as meta... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050254256 | Illumination device and medical imaging and examination device having an illumination device An illumination device (1,10,20,41) for illuminating an examination room (33) of an imaging medical examination device (31) has illuminants (7,21,55), which emit light when energized and can be electrically connected to a power source via con... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050251119 | Illuminated stylet An illuminated stylet includes a first fiber optic element for emitting a first light at its end and a second fiber optic element for emitting a second light along its length. The first and second light sources may be the same (e.g., white light) or different (e.g., red... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050117335 | Intravenous drip component illumination device A single intravenous drip components illumination device containing a source of light that can illuminate IV bags or bottles, drip chambers and tubing. The directed light of the light source provides adequate lighting for use of the invention in unlit or dimly lit setti... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050099824 | Methods and systems for medical lighting Methods and systems are provided for medical and surgical lighting systems, including methods and systems wherein semiconductor illumination light sources are integrated into surgical tools for providing controlled lighting to a work area, such as a body cavity. ... | 05/12/2005 |
