Patents Assigned to Summit Technology
  • Patent number: 5395362
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for distributing and delivering laser radiation with substantially uniform intensity to multi-spatial locations. Laser radiation is directed into a fiber optic waveguide which homogenizes the spatial intensity of the laser beam via mode-mixing. The laser radiation is then coupled from the mode-mixing waveguide to multiple distribution fibers that are terminated at desired spatial locations, e.g., at the distal end of a surgical tool. The output from each of the multiple distribution fibers is laser radiation of substantially uniform intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Summit Technology
    Inventors: Alex G. Sacharoff, David W. Haluska