Patent ID: 7221832

Claim:
A fiber optic cable comprising: a cable outer jacket and at least one sub-unit, the at least one sub-unit including at least one optical fiber and a sub-unit outer jacket; at least one sub-unit removed from the cable outer jacket; the sub-unit removed from the cable outer jacket including a circumferential cut through the sub-unit outer jacket; a tube positioned about the sub-unit extending on either side of the circumferential cut; a carrier positioned about the sub-unit on both ends of the tube; wherein the cable is formed into a loop, the cable outer jacket is removed from the sub-units along the loop and the at least one sub-unit extends along the loop, and the at least one sub-unit includes a plurality of circumferential cuts, with a tube mounted about each cut and a carrier mounted about each tube, and the fiber optic cable further includes a longitudinally extending strength member along which the at least one sub-unit extends within the cable outer jacket, wherein the strength member has been removed along the loop.