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Patent US8050523 - Optical fiber shape sensing systems - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA medical instrument system includes an elongate flexible instrument body with an optical fiber substantially encapsulated in a wall of the instrument body, the optical fiber including one or more fiber gratings. A detector is operatively coupled to the optical fiber and configured to detect respective...http://www.google.com/patents/US8050523?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8050523 - Optical fiber shape sensing systemsAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8050523 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/106,254Publication dateNov 1, 2011Filing dateApr 18, 2008Priority dateApr 20, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS8515215, US8705903, US8811777, US8818143, US20080285909, US20110172680, US20120316432, US20120321243, US20120323075, WO2008131303A2, WO2008131303A3, WO2008131303A9Publication number106254, 12106254, US 8050523 B2, US 8050523B2, US-B2-8050523, US8050523 B2, US8050523B2InventorsRobert G. Younge, Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy, Neal Tanner, Randall L. Schlesinger, Eric UddOriginal AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (129), Non-Patent Citations (101), Referenced by (56), Classifications (14), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetOptical fiber shape sensing systems
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