Patent ID: 9533123
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,G02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of making a guidewire assembly connector, the method comprising: providing a length of optical guidewire having a core wire extending substantially the length of the guidewire and a plurality of optical fibers positioned about the core wire and extending substantially the length of the guidewire; enclosing a portion of the guidewire and a portion of the plurality of optical fibers within a deformable tube having an outer diameter; providing a ferrule with a bore with a circular cross section at a first end and a non-circular cross section away from the first end; deforming a portion of the tube and the enclosed guidewire using the ferrule; cutting the tube and the enclosed guidewire through the deformed portion of the tube at an oblique angle, the cutting providing resulting first and second portions that are configured to respectively provide oblique angle beveled first and second ends that are mirror images of each other, wherein the first and second ends are configured to be mechanically self-aligned and coupled together and optically couple together at the respective first and second ends; and providing the ferrule for coupling the first and second ends together.