Patent ID: 7717624
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An optical probe comprising: a guidewire comprising a plurality of optical emitting fibers, said guidewire having an angled proximal end and a distal end wherein light enters the plurality of optical emitting fibers at the angled proximal end and wherein light from the plurality of optical emitting fibers illuminates a target at the distal end; a linking component having a plurality of optical fiber feed lines corresponding to each of the plurality of optical emitting fibers of the guidewire, said linking component having a proximal end and an angled distal end wherein the angled distal end of the linking component corresponds with the angled proximal end of the guidewire and wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers is aligned with a corresponding optical fiber feed line at a mating interface; and a connector affixed to the distal end of the linking component and engagably attached to the proximal end of the guidewire wherein the connector locks the mating interface in place.