Patent ID: 9402643
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. An illuminated vitrectomy probe comprising: a vitrectomy probe having a cutting port disposed at a distal end of a cannula; and an array of optical fibers extending along a portion of the cannula and terminating near the cutting port, the array of optical fibers comprising: a first optical fiber; and a plurality of optical fibers flanking the first optical fiber on opposite sides thereof, the first optical fiber having a diameter larger than the diameters of the flanking optical fibers, the array of optical fibers arranged along the cannula such that the flanking optical fibers have progressively decreasing diametrical sizes away from the first optical fiber, the array of optical fibers located adjacent to the cannula only on a side of the cannula on which the cutting port is located, and wherein the array of optical fibers are disposed in a semi-circular pattern around the cannula near the cutting port.