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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6409391 | Fiber optic illumination adaptor assembly for multiple light guide connectors An adaptor assembly for coupling light guide connectors of varying configurations to a structure housing a source of focused light includes an internal adaptor having an internal optic guide element, a coupling structure, a housing, and a connector lockin... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6403700 | Absorbing agents for water and aqueous liquids and process for their production and use The present invention relates to a powdery, cross-linked polymer absorbing water and aqueous liquids formed of polymerized, unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers that are present as salts neutralized to the extent of at least 50 mol-% and which opt... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404973 | Optical fiber decorative article An optical fiber decorative article comprises a plurality of optical fibers of same length. The optical fibers are aligned in a fiber array and provided with a gluey connection band along the portion of the optical fiber near one light input ends thereof.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400875 | Method for protecting a fiber optic probe and the resulting fiber optic probe A fiber optic probe is provided that includes a housing, at least one optical fiber disposed within the housing, one end of each of the at least one optical fiber being disposed adjacent an opening in the housing forming a probe face, a binding agent that... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395393 | Optical fiber core wire binder and optical fiber unit There is disclosed an optical fiber core wire binder, comprising (A) a radical-polymerizable oligomer, (B) a radical-polymerizable monomer, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (D) modified s... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396995 | Method and apparatus for retaining and presenting at least one microsphere array to solutions and/or to optical imaging systems A holder for an array of bundles containing multiple fiber optic strands provides a pattern of openings into which one each of each bundle is fit. The openings may (but need not) penetrate the full holder thickness to permit working with bundles from eith... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396985 | Contoured large screen display apparatus An apparatus for use in contoured architectural milieus includes a contoured large screen display having a mounting means to which modular flat display tiles including, tiles of diverse or non-standard shapes and sizes are attached, each display tile havi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393187 | Optical fiber arrays with reduced return loss and methods for making same In accordance with the invention, an optical fiber array comprises a substrate providing a planar array of optical fibers. The optical fibers are parallel to an array axis, but the fiber ends present smooth, polished surfaces angled from the array axis to... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389206 | Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel An optical display panel which provides improved light intensity at a viewing angle by redirecting light emitting from the viewing screen, and a method of making a light redirective display panel, are disclosed. The panel includes an inlet face at one end... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6376571 | Radiation-curable composition having high cure speed A fast curing radiation-curable composition useful as coating compositions for inner and outer primary coatings, inks, ribbons other matrix material coating layers for coating and surrounding optical fibers. The improved radiation-curable compositions, ha... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377721 | Biosensor array comprising cell populations confined to microcavities A biosensor, sensor array, sensing method and sensing apparatus are provided in which individual cells or randomly mixed populations of cells, having unique response characteristics to chemical and biological materials, are deployed in a plurality of disc... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377739 | Two dimensional fiber optic output array A plurality of fiber optic cables are bundled into a two dimensional output array which "writes" multiple data tracks onto a recording surface during a single pass of the array. The geometry of the array provides that the data tracks may be spaced at fine... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370293 | Flexible optical circuits having optical fibers encapsulated between porous substrates and methods for fabricating same A flexible optical circuit includes a plurality of optical fibers mounted to a flexible porous substrate. The optical fibers and flexible porous substrate are thereafter encapsulated with a protective encapsulating material. The encapsulating material can... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367989 | Optical interconnect method and apparatus An optical interconnect system (100) includes an array of optical sources (102), a high-density fiber bundle (110), and an array of optical receivers (150). The density of the fiber bundle is such that each optical source (104) couples light to multiple f... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6366726 | Fiber optic probes for indwelling investigations Fiber optic probe assemblies for monitoring light-matter interactions in a medium of interest. The distal end of the probe assemblies can be immersed in the medium for in-situ light delivery and collection. The probe assemblies are particularly useful for... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6349160 | Detector and screening device for ion channels The present invention is relates to an optical fiber assembly which may be used in an optical detection system. The optical fiber assembly may comprise a trifurcated cable and a ball lens in optical communication with the trifurcated cable. The trifurcate... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6347173 | Optical coherence reduction method and its device, illuminating method and its system and optical fiber bundle To realize the reduction of the coherence of coherent light by an optical fiber bundle including optical fibers provided with the necessary minimum difference in optical path length, the coherence of coherent light is reduced via an optical fiber bundle i... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6340436 | Phosphor, and radiation detector and X-ray CT unit each equipped therewith A phosphor represented by the general formula (L1-x-y-z-d Eux Cez M'd)2 O2 S (wherein L is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Gd, La and Y, M is at least one element selected ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6328481 | Arrayed optical fiber connector An arrayed optical fiber connector for positioning multiple optical fibers to align the end faces of the optical fibers with multiple optical axes at a given input/output face of light is constructed as a board that includes a groove in which the multiple... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327410 | Target analyte sensors utilizing Microspheres A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maint... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6326939 | Optical waveguide system for a flat-panel display A flat display for providing high contrast, low-artifact enlarged optical images. The flat panel display comprises a pixelated input imaging device, a first array of optical waveguides including a bias cut, a first light redirecting layer, a second array ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6319603 | Liquid curable resin composition A liquid curable resin composition comprising (1) a (meth)acrylate polymer having a weight average molecular weight relative to polystyrene standard of at least about 5,000, (2) a ring-opening polymerizable monomer containing at least one epoxy group, and... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6321019 | Method of arranging optical fibers and optical fibers arranging module A method of arranging optical fibers and to an optical fiber arranging module. The method of arranging optical fibers includes inserting terminal portions of the optical fibers in a holding space which has an enough width to hold the optical fibers, reduc... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317533 | Fiber optic switch configurations In an improved optical switch, light from an input optical fiber is directed to one of a plurality of output optical fibers on a selective basis. The output fibers are contained in a bundle, preferably within a removable connector, thereby easing removal ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6317544 | Distributed mobile biometric identification system with a centralized server and mobile workstations A distributed biometric identification system incorporates highly mobile workstations. The system generally includes a plurality of mobile workstations and a file server remotely located from the workstations. The workstations receive input biometric data... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6304702 | Rail adapter for fiber optic perimeter lighting system A fiber optic pool lighting system includes a light adaptor cup having an open mouth adapted to be positioned over a pool wall light source. A flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in the cup is provided so that the end is ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304713 | Optical fiber seal verifying system An optical fiber seal verifying system includes an optical pattern generation unit for reading the optical pattern of an optical fiber seal in sealing and verification and generating first and second optical pattern data corresponding to the sealing and v... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301420 | Multicore optical fibre An optical fiber for transmitting radiation comprising two or more core regions, two or more core regions, each core region comprising a substantially transparent core material and having a core refractive index, a core length, and a core diameter, wherei... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6285817 | Holographic patterning method and tool for production environments A high resolution, high-throughout, large field size, production environment, lithographic tool system and method includes an interferometric pattern generator utilizing three or four mutually coherent optical beams organized in a flexible beam expansion,... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6275634 | Fiber optic perimeter lighting system A fiber optic pool lighting system includes a light adaptor cap having an open mouth adapted to be positioned over a pool wall light source. A flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in the cap is provided so that the end is ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275635 | Holder for bundles of optical fibers A holder for bundles of optical fibers. The holder has end rings which are coupled in an adjusted manner at the smooth ends thereof, the rings having internal threaded regions for receiving the body of the holder which is provided with an external thread ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275633 | Flexible light-guiding pipe A folding means for bag knitting apparatus which is intended to fold inwardly the text-printed side portion of the double-layer material strip to be folded to overcome the problems of the conventional bag knitting apparatus, and comprises a clamping rolle... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272155 | Fiber bundle and laser apparatus using the fiber bundle of manufacturing the same In a fiber bundle (100) in which one ends of a plurality of optical fibers including cores (111a-111p), respectively, are bundled as a bundled position, the fiber bundle includes in the bundled portion a clad (112a-112p) having a refractive index less tha... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6260614 | Fiber optic bundle interstitial cooling using heat pipe technology A fiber optic bundle incorporating heat pipes in the form of elongated, thermally conductive elements disposed in interstitial spaces formed between adjacent fiber optic strands of the bundle for cooling the bundle. An end portion of each thermally conduc... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6249381 | Illuminating method and illuminating device The number of light sources and the number of divided light beams are optimized, so that a light beam with sufficiently reduced speckle contrast can be used as illuminating light. In an optical system for forming an image through a spatial modulator, lase... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6243520 | Optical fiber bundle having an aligned optical fiber array and method of fabricating the same An optical fiber bundle having an aligned fiber array includes a plurality of optical fibers each of which has first and second ends and an axial fiber center. The optical fiber bundle has a first common end proximate to which the optical fibers are secur... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240230 | Protective materials for optical fibers which do not substantially discolor Radiation-curable compositions are disclosed which, after cure, are substantially non-yellowing. The compositions are particularly tailored for coating and bundling of optical fibers. A first preferred composition is based on a polyether-type of oligomer ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6240231 | Variable stiffness fiber optic shaft The variable stiffness optical fiber shaft includes a optical fiber, and at least one coaxial layer of heat shrink polymer disposed over the optical fiber of a length shorter than the optical fiber, to provide variations in stiffness along the length of t... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6236792 | Unique fiber-optic display device A fiber optical device is employed to produce a unique display. The device includes an elongated bundle of fibers for conducting light from a light source to remote terminating ends. The fiber ends produce a pattern representing a graphic symbol or charac... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6226432 | Endoscopic optical fiber bundle In an endoscopic optical fiber bundle, cutouts (15a) are formed near an end portion of helical tube (15) and the area with the cutouts is placed over socket (12), with a string-like member (16) being passed through the cutouts (15a) to be wound onto the o... | 05/01/2001 |
