Patent ID: 6095974
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A disposable probe for directing first laser light from a laser light source through a portion of a living body and for receiving second laser light that has passed through the portion of the living body, the probe comprising:a connector adapted to be removably connected to a laser light source to receive the first laser light from the laser light source and adapted to transmit the second laser light that has passed through the portion of the living body to a detector, said connector adapted to be removably connected to the detector;a first fiber optic cable having a proximal end connected to the connector and a distal end, said first fiber optic cable being adapted to conduct the first laser light to a vicinity of the portion of the living body to be transmitted through the portion of the living body;a second fiber optic cable having a proximal end connected to the connector and a distal end, said distal end of said second fiber optic cable being adapted to receive the second laser light that has been transmitted through the portion of the living body; anda terminal element comprising:a first optical element that receives the first laser light from the distal end of the first fiber optic cable and directs the first laser light onto and through the portion of the living body, anda second optical element that receives the second laser light that has passed through the portion of the living body and transmits the second laser light to the distal end of the second fiber optic cable.