Patents Assigned to NELLCOR CORPORATION a Delaware Corporation
  • Non-imaging optical corner turner
    Publication number: 20060263035
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method to efficiently turn light from an optical fiber around a corner while avoiding the frustrated-TIR loss that would occur if the fiber were bent. The invention uses non-imaging optics which efficiently deal with beam divergence half-angles less than 90°. By recognizing that most light from a fiber optic source will have a divergence half-angle of less than 90 degrees, a practical solution is achieved using non-imaging optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: NELLCOR CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Fein
  • Non-imaging optical corner turner
    Publication number: 20050084212
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method to efficiently turn light from an optical fiber around a corner while avoiding the frustrated-TIR loss that would occur if the fiber were bent. The invention uses non-imaging optics which efficiently deal with beam divergence half-angles less than 90°. By recognizing that most light from a fiber optic source will have a divergence half-angle of less than 90 degrees, a practical solution is achieved using non-imaging optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: NELLCOR CORPORATION a Delaware Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Fein