Patent ID: 7391950

Claim:
A fiber optic cable assembly, comprising: a fiber optic cable including at least one cable optical fiber therein and at least one mid-span access location at which at least one pre-selected optical fiber is preterminated and through which at least one optical fiber extends without termination; at least one tether attached at the mid-span access location and including at least one tether optical fiber therein that is spliced to the at least one preterminated optical fiber of the fiber optic cable; a flexible body substantially encapsulating the at least one mid-span access location and providing space therein for maintaining a slack coil of spliced together portions of the at least one preterminated optical fiber and the at least one tether optical fiber; a tube for maintaining the slack coil of optical fiber within the tube, wherein the tube is radially spaced apart from the at least one optical fiber extending without termination through the mid-span access location; and wherein at least one of the preterminated optical fiber and the tether optical fiber comprise bend performance optical fiber.