Patent ID: 8012146

Claim:
An extendable wide-angle illumination surgical system comprising: a light source for providing a light beam; an optical cable, optically coupled to the light source for receiving and transmitting the light beam; a handpiece, operably coupled to the optical cable; an optical fiber, operably coupled to the handpiece, wherein the optical fiber is optically coupled to the optical cable to receive and transmit the light beam to illuminate an area; a cannula operably coupled to the handpiece, for housing and directing the optical fiber, wherein the cannula is operable to extend and tract from the handpiece to vary a length of the cannula extending from the handpiece; wherein the optical fiber is operably coupled to the cannula such that a distal end of the optical fiber and a distal end of the cannula remain co-incident as the length of the cannula extending from the handpiece is varied.