Patent ID: 7590317

Claim:
A high energy fiber optics laser delivery system with scrambling capabilities, comprising: a fiber optics cable with a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the length of fiber optics cable between said proximal end and said distal end is at least 3 feet, and wherein the fiber optics cable is capable, during operation, of receiving light energy from said proximal end and delivering, to said distal end, power of more than 30 Joules of said light energy per each mm 2 of cross sectional area of said fiber optics cable, at a rate of least one millisecond pulse per second; and a scrambler portion formed integral with said fiber optics cable and located between a first and said second spaced locations on said fiber optics cable; wherein the scrambler portion has a three-dimensional spiral curvature predetermined to influence the intermodal dispersion characteristics of the fiber optics cable to enable reliable transmission of said light energy through said fiber optic cable, wherein the effectiveness of the scrambler portion, defined by the ratio of the length of the fiber optics cable between said first location and said second location on the fiber optics cable divided by the distance spanned between said first location and said second location on said fiber optics cable, is at least 1.00005.