Patent ID: 7424199

Claim:
A device for holding an energy emitter in a vicinity of an apparatus and for directing fluid over the energy emitter, the device comprising: a body having an outer surface, a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen disposed at one or more points between the proximal end and the distal end, the lumen being sized and shaped to accommodate an energy emitter so that the energy emitter extends within a vicinity of the lumen, the device being formed to hold the energy emitter in a vicinity of the apparatus and to direct fluid over an energy delivery end of the energy emitter, the energy delivery end being positioned at an output end of the apparatus to direct energy beyond the apparatus to impinge on a target as distinguished from directing energy within the apparatus to impinge upon an optical component within the apparatus; a depression disposed in the outer surface of the body; and a plurality of apertures fluidly connecting the outer surface to the lumen.