Patent ID: 9681918
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A laser probe comprising: a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end; a handle end cap of the handle having a handle end cap distal end and a handle end cap proximal end wherein the handle end cap proximal end is the handle proximal end; an optic fiber guide of the handle end cap; a handle base of the handle having a handle base distal end and a handle base proximal end wherein the handle base distal end is the handle distal end; a housing sleeve housing of the handle base; an actuation control guide of the handle base having an actuation control guide distal end and an actuation control guide proximal end; an actuation mechanism of the handle having an actuation mechanism distal end and an actuation mechanism proximal end; an inner bore of the actuation mechanism; a shape memory wire housing of the actuation mechanism; a fixation mechanism housing of the actuation mechanism; an actuation control of the actuation mechanism, the actuation mechanism disposed in the handle end cap and the handle base wherein the actuation mechanism proximal end is disposed in the handle end cap and the actuation mechanism distal end is disposed in the handle base and wherein the actuation control is disposed in the actuation control guide and wherein the actuation mechanism is configured to actuate within the handle end cap and the handle base; a housing sleeve having a housing sleeve distal end and a housing sleeve proximal end wherein the housing sleeve proximal end is disposed in the housing sleeve housing and wherein the housing sleeve proximal end is fixed in the housing sleeve housing; a first housing sleeve portion of the housing sleeve, the first housing sleeve portion having a first stiffness; a plurality of apertures of the first housing sleeve portion; a second housing sleeve portion of the housing sleeve, the second housing sleeve portion having a second stiffness wherein the second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness; an optic fiber having an optic fiber distal end and an optic fiber proximal end, the optic fiber disposed in the housing sleeve, the housing sleeve housing, the actuation mechanism guide, the inner bore, and the optic fiber guide wherein an actuation of the actuation control towards the actuation control guide distal end is configured to curve the housing sleeve and the optic fiber and wherein the optic fiber is disposed in the housing sleeve wherein the optic fiber distal end is adjacent to the housing sleeve distal end and wherein a first portion of the optic fiber is adjacent to the second housing sleeve portion and wherein a second portion of the optic fiber is fixed in the housing sleeve; a shape memory wire having a shape memory wire distal end and a shape memory wire proximal end, the shape memory wire disposed in the shape memory wire housing, the actuation mechanism guide, the housing sleeve housing, and the housing sleeve wherein a portion of the shape memory wire is fixed in the shape memory wire housing; and a pre-formed curve of the shape memory wire.