Patent ID: 9405078
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for terminating an optical fiber within a proximal portion of a guidewire tubing, the guidewire tubing having an outside diameter and comprising a lumen defining a lumen central axis, the method comprising centering the optical fiber relative to the outside diameter of the proximal portion of the guidewire tubing, wherein the optical fiber and the inside of the lumen define an average gap there between, the average gap around the optical fiber being between 10 μm and 100 μm thereby allowing a substantial displacement of the optical fiber, with respect to the lumen central axis, inside the lumen during the centering, wherein the outside diameter has a central axis, and an offset exists between the outside diameter central axis and the lumen central axis, wherein the centering comprises centering relative to the outside diameter thereby aligning the optical fiber on the outside diameter central axis and not on the lumen central axis.