Patent ID: 8903212

Claim:
A fiber optic cable comprising: a single bend insensitive optical fiber including a cladding surrounding a core and a coating layer surrounding the cladding, the coating layer having a diameter of no more than 500 μm; wherein the cladding includes a first cladding layer surrounding the core, a trench layer surrounding the first cladding layer, and a second cladding layer surrounding the trench layer, and wherein the trench layer has an index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction of the first cladding layer; wherein the coating layer includes a polymeric inner layer and a polymeric outer layer, being immediately adjacent to the cladding such that the inner layer surrounds cladding layer, the outer layer being immediately adjacent to the inner layer such that the outer layer surrounds the inner layer, wherein the polymeric inner layer has a first modulus of elasticity and the polymeric outer layer has a second modulus of elasticity higher than the first modulus of elasticity; a strength layer contacting the coating layer of the optical fiber; and an outer jacket surrounding the strength layer, wherein the outer jacket has an outer diameter that is no more than about 1.6 mm.