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公开(公告)号:US12135452B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-05
申请号:US17651447
申请日:2022-02-17
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Ronald T. Smith , Alireza Mirsepassi
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber and a laser probe assembly with a probe tip that houses the fiber. In certain aspects, the fiber includes a core, an outer cladding surrounding the core, and an end face at a proximal and/or distal end of the fiber. The core is configured to transmit a laser light beam while the core and the outer cladding are both configured to transmit an illumination light. In certain aspects, a surface area of the end face corresponding to a cross-section of at least the outer cladding is treated with a roughening or polishing process to modulate an illumination light output angle of the fiber. Using a fiber that is configured to transmit a laser light beam as well as a wide-angle illumination light allows for a more compact fiber and probe tip, allowing for medical procedures that require a narrower probe.
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公开(公告)号:US20230346599A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18303058
申请日:2023-04-19
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith
IPC: A61F9/008
CPC classification number: A61F9/008
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to improved surgical laser systems with single-core single-optical fiber-illuminated laser probes, which are configured to propagate both treatment laser beams and illumination light beams. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide surgical laser systems with color adjustability of illumination light, as well as improved laser probe stiffness.
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公开(公告)号:US11684515B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17002914
申请日:2020-08-26
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Mark Harrison Farley , Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith
CPC classification number: A61F9/00823 , A61B18/22 , G02B6/3624 , A61B2018/2005 , A61B2018/2025 , A61B2018/2211 , A61B2018/2238 , A61B2018/2261 , A61B2018/2266 , A61B2018/2288 , A61F2009/00863 , G02B6/0008 , G02B6/04 , G02B6/262 , G02B6/3636 , G02B6/3644
Abstract: Multi-fiber laser probes utilize relative motion of fibers and other laser probe elements to preserve small-gauge compatibility while providing for multi-spot beam deliver, or to provide for the selectively delivery of single-spot or multi-spot beam patterns. An example probe includes fibers having distal ends that are movable as a group onto a distal ramp element affixed to a distal end of a cannula, so that the distal ends of the fibers can be moved between a retracted position, in which the distal ends of the fibers are within the cannula or ramp element, and an extended position, in which distal ends of the fibers are guided by grooves or channels of the ramp so as to extend at least partially through external openings in the distal end of the laser probe and so as to be pointed angularly away from a longitudinal axis of the cannula.
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公开(公告)号:US11493692B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-08
申请号:US17172342
申请日:2021-02-10
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Mark Harrison Farley , Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith , Timothy C. Ryan
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laser probe assembly coupled to a laser system through an optical fiber cable. In one example, the laser probe assembly comprises a probe tip coupled to the probe body, the probe tip housing multiple fibers. Each of the multiple fibers comprises a proximal end that couples to the laser system and a distal end that terminates in the probe tip, a single core for transporting a laser beam provided by the laser system, and a cladding surrounding the core. The laser probe assembly also comprises a lens for projecting multiple laser beams provided by the multiple fibers on to a surgical site. Within the probe tip, parts of outer surfaces of portions of any two adjacent fibers of the multiple fibers touch. Also, the multiple fibers are at least substantially centered with respect to the lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11160686B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
申请号:US16218365
申请日:2018-12-12
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Christopher Cook , Chenguang Diao , Mark Harrison Farley , Alireza Mirsepassi , Timothy C. Ryan
IPC: A61F9/008 , A61B18/22 , G02B6/38 , A61B90/30 , A61B18/24 , G02B6/02 , G02B6/42 , A61B18/00 , A61B18/20
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-core optical fiber cable (MCF). In some embodiments, an MCF comprises a plurality of cores, a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores, wherein a refractive index of one or more of the plurality of cores is greater than a refractive index of the cladding, and a coating surrounding the cladding, a distal end free of the coating and having a reduced diameter. The MCF also comprise an annular gap formed between the distal end of the MCF and the inner surface of the cannula, wherein the concentricity of the distal end of the MCF with the inner passage of the cannula is maintained.
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公开(公告)号:US11751970B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US18052295
申请日:2022-11-03
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith , Michael J. Papac , Chenguang Diao
IPC: A61B90/30 , G02B6/24 , G02B6/26 , A61B90/00 , A61F9/007 , G02B5/02 , F21V8/00 , A61B1/07 , A61B1/00 , A61B17/00
CPC classification number: A61B90/30 , A61B90/36 , A61F9/007 , G02B5/021 , G02B5/0242 , G02B5/0247 , G02B6/0008 , G02B6/241 , G02B6/262 , A61B1/0011 , A61B1/00096 , A61B1/07 , A61B17/00 , A61B2017/00526 , A61B2090/306
Abstract: A process of making a diverging-light fiber optics illumination delivery system includes providing a micro-post comprising a glass-ceramic light-scattering element that includes at least one of a ceramic, a glass ceramic, an immiscible glass, a porous glass, opal glass, amorphous glass, an aerated glass, and a nanostructured glass; and fusion-splicing the glass-ceramic micro-post to the optical fiber by pulling an arc between electrodes across a gap formed by the optical fiber and the glass-ceramic micro-post; maintaining the arc for a time sufficiently long to make facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the micro-post one of malleable and molten; and pushing and thereby fusing together the facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the micro-post. Some embodiments can include fusing the glass-ceramic micro-post to the optical fiber by applying a laser beam to heat up at least one of the facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the glass-ceramic micro-post.
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公开(公告)号:US20230085961A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US18052295
申请日:2022-11-03
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith , Michael J. Papac , Chenguang Diao
Abstract: A process of making a diverging-light fiber optics illumination delivery system includes providing a micro-post comprising a glass-ceramic light-scattering element that includes at least one of a ceramic, a glass ceramic, an immiscible glass, a porous glass, opal glass, amorphous glass, an aerated glass, and a nanostructured glass; and fusion-splicing the glass-ceramic micro-post to the optical fiber by pulling an arc between electrodes across a gap formed by the optical fiber and the glass-ceramic micro-post; maintaining the arc for a time sufficiently long to make facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the micro-post one of malleable and molten; and pushing and thereby fusing together the facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the micro-post. Some embodiments can include fusing the glass-ceramic micro-post to the optical fiber by applying a laser beam to heat up at least one of the facing surfaces of the optical fiber and the glass-ceramic micro-post.
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公开(公告)号:US20210186758A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-24
申请号:US17193364
申请日:2021-03-05
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Christopher Cook , Alireza Mirsepassi
Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a thermally robust laser probe assembly. The probe assembly comprises a cannula through which one or more optical fibers extend at least partially for transmitting laser light from a laser source to a target location. The probe assembly also comprises a lens housed in the cannula and a protective component at a distal end of the cannula, wherein the lens is positioned between the one or more optical fibers and the protective component, and wherein the distal end of the cannula is sealed at a sealing location of the probe assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20250020859A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18899036
申请日:2024-09-27
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Ronald T. Smith , Alireza Mirsepassi
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber and a laser probe assembly with a probe tip that houses the fiber. In certain aspects, the fiber includes a core, an outer cladding surrounding the core, and an end face at a proximal and/or distal end of the fiber. The core is configured to transmit a laser light beam while the core and the outer cladding are both configured to transmit an illumination light. In certain aspects, a surface area of the end face corresponding to a cross-section of at least the outer cladding is treated with a roughening or polishing process to modulate an illumination light output angle of the fiber. Using a fiber that is configured to transmit a laser light beam as well as a wide-angle illumination light allows for a more compact fiber and probe tip, allowing for medical procedures that require a narrower probe.
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公开(公告)号:US11980575B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-14
申请号:US17411563
申请日:2021-08-25
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor: Chenguang Diao , Mark Harrison Farley , Alireza Mirsepassi , Ronald T. Smith , Dean Richardson
IPC: A61F9/008 , A61B18/22 , A61B18/24 , A61B90/30 , G02B6/38 , A61B18/00 , A61B18/20 , G02B6/02 , G02B6/42
CPC classification number: A61F9/00821 , A61B18/22 , A61B18/24 , A61B90/30 , A61F9/008 , A61F9/00823 , G02B6/3843 , G02B6/3851 , G02B6/3885 , A61B2018/00779 , A61B2018/2025 , A61B2018/2065 , A61B2018/208 , A61B2018/2211 , A61B2018/2255 , A61B2018/2266 , A61B2018/2294 , A61B2090/306 , A61F2009/00863 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/4206
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-core optical fiber cable (MCF). In some embodiments, an MCF comprises a plurality of cores surrounded by a cladding and a coating surrounding the cladding, wherein a refractive index of one or more of the plurality of cores is greater than a refractive index of the cladding. The MCF further comprises a probe comprising a probe tip coupled with a distal end of the MCF and a lens located at a distal end of the probe tip. In some embodiments, the lens is configured to translate laser light from the distal end of the MCF to create a multi-spot pattern of laser beams on a target surface and a distal end of the MCF terminates at an interface with the lens.
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