Patent ID: 8583218
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A61B,A61M,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an elongated optical guidewire assembly, comprising a longitudinal core wire and a plurality of longitudinal optical fibers arranged about the core wire and a deformable tube having an outer diameter and enclosing a portion of the plurality of optical fibers, the optical guidewire assembly including a cut through a deformed portion of the tube at an oblique angle, wherein the cut provides first and second portions that are configured to respectively provide oblique angle beveled first and second ends that are mirror images of each other, wherein the first and second ends are configured to be mechanically self-aligned and coupled together and optically coupled together at the respective first and second ends comprising respective first and second cross-sectional profiles; and a connector comprising a bore including first and second bore ends, the first bore end comprising a substantially circular cross-sectional profile and the second bore end comprising a substantially non-circular cross-sectional profile, wherein the bore is configured to receive the optical guidewire assembly at the first bore end and configured to deform the optical guidewire assembly at the second bore end such that the first and second ends of the optical guidewire assembly are deformed into a substantially non-circular profile and located between the first and second bore ends.