Patent ID: 7483607
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,G02B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument that provides light to a surgical site, the instrument comprising: a handle that is dimensioned to be held in a hand and manually manipulated; a tubular tip mounted on the handle and projecting from the handle to a distal end of the tip, the tip having an interior bore that extends through the tip to the tip distal end; a first optic fiber, the first optic fiber having a length that extends between opposite proximal and distal ends of the first optic fiber, the first optic fiber extending through the tip interior bore to the first optic fiber distal end positioned adjacent the tip distal end; and, a second optic fiber, the second optic fiber having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the second optic fiber extending through the first optic fiber to the distal end of the second optic fiber positioned adjacent the distal end of the first optic fiber.