Patents Assigned to Metroptic Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6163640
    Abstract: The present invention includes a stereoscopic fiber optic probe sensor. In one aspect of the invention, the fiber stereoscopic optic probe includes a signal fiber bundle having a plurality of first signal fibers, and an illumination fiber bundle having a plurality of second signal fibers. A drawn fiber optic bundle is contiguous with and formed by a predetermined length of the signal fiber bundle and the illumination fiber bundle. The drawn fiber optic bundle comprises portions of the first and second signal fibers. A plurality of fiber tips terminate the drawn fiber optic bundle. Each fiber tip provides one or more surfaces at which the first signal fibers are terminated and one or more surfaces at which the second signal fibers are terminated. In one embodiment, the sensor includes an imaging sensor. The sensor is operatively coupled to an end of the signal fiber bundle opposite the drawn fiber optic bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Metroptic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shimshon Ben-Dov, Igal Lanzet, Igor Kuperman