Patent ID: 6144787
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A61N,G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for aiming and projecting laser radiation emitted from an output-face at an output-end of an optical-fiber transmitter, comprising:a target proximate the output-face of the optical-fiber transmitter;at least one light-source for emitting visible light, said light-source arranged proximate said target such that visible light emitted thereby is directly incident on said target in a direction transverse to the emission direction of the laser radiation from the optical-fiber transmitter; andsaid target and said light-source being arranged such that said target directs at least a portion of said visible light incident thereon in the emission direction of the laser radiation from the output-face of the optical-fiber transmitter in such a way that when the optical-fiber transmitter is directed toward a surface, said visible light directed by the target indicates an incidence point of the laser radiation on the surface.