Patent ID: 7563226

Claim:
A handpiece, comprising: an illumination device comprising an elongate body having a device distal end, a device proximal end, a device axis extending between the device distal end and the device proximal end, and a hollow interior dimensioned to accommodate a plurality of light transmitters, the proximal end of the elongate body including at least two proximal members, each proximal member having a hollow interior to accommodate at least one light transmitter and in communication with the hollow interior of the elongate body so that the at least one light transmitter extends from the proximal end of the elongate body to the distal end of the elongate body, the plurality of light transmitters comprising a power optical fiber having a first transmitting interior coupled to a laser generator and an illumination optical fiber having a second transmitting interior that differs from the first transmitting interior; an output tip comprising a first output tip waveguide having a laser-transmitting interior and configured to receive laser light from the power optical fiber and further comprising a second output tip waveguide having an illumination transmitting interior, which is not the same as the laser transmitting interior, and configured to receive visible light from the illumination optical fiber, the output tip being constructed to direct the laser light and the visible light away from an output end of the handpiece; and an optical element positioned in a vicinity of the device axis and the device distal end, the optical element being configured to receive light from the power optical fiber and to direct light from the power optical fiber into the first output tip waveguide, and the optical element further being configured to receive light from the illumination optical fiber and to direct light from the illumination optical fiber into the second output tip waveguide.