Patents Examined by Michael Peeffley
  • Cooled multi-fiber medical connector
    Patent number: 5827267
    Abstract: Cooled optical connector for alignment and coupling of bundled fibers of an optic cable. Coolant in a liquid or gaseous form is passed through a chamber in which a bundled fiber optic cable and nut portion of a standard optical connector is contained. Coolant in either form moves through the cooled optical connector absorbing thermal energy and cooling the interstitial and exposed fibers and areas and the standard optical connector itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Angeion Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Savage, Gregory G. Brucker