Patent ID: 7310472
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A cable guide for maintaining a desired bend radius, the cable guide comprising: two substantially curved tube halves, each tube half comprising a curved portion having a predetermined radius; a hinge joining the tube halves; a fastening member configured to fasten the tube halves together; a first end of each of the tube halves comprising a circumferential groove disposed on the exterior surface of the tube halves; a second end of each of the tube halves comprising a lip protruding inward toward an axis of the tube, the lip configured to encircle a circumferential groove of a first end of a second cable guide so that the second cable guide is rotatably coupled to the cable guide; and the tube halves having an open configuration and an adjoining closed configuration wherein when in the closed configuration a tubular sleeve is formed by the fastened tube halves, the tubular sleeve comprising a lumen through which a cable may extend.