Patent ID: 9195044
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical probe comprising: at least one optical element; an inner tube housing the at least one optical element, wherein the inner tube comprises at least two cooperating inner tube sections separable from one another along respective joint lines co-axially extending in a direction along a longitudinal axis over an entire longitudinal length of the inner tube; and a light-redirecting element disposed at a distal end of the inner tube, wherein the light-redirecting element is supported at said distal end by an affixing structure not attached to an optically-working surface of the light-redirecting element, wherein the affixing structure comprises at least one protrusion from the inner tube sections having a support surface attached to a non-optically working surface of the light-redirecting element, wherein the optical probe is structured to be partially disposed within a path of hot-temperature combustion gases in a combustion turbine engine.