Optical Fibres For Medical Devices
- Technology
- Speciality fibre
- Partner
- Lightera
OFS optical fibres for medical applications are categorised into two areas: Power Delivery and Imaging/Sensing.
For high power delivery, the HCXtreme® range of fibres combat the issues around fiber breakage due to tight bending. In tests down to 5 mm diameters, the fibers continued to deliver high optical power without failure. Typical applications and procedure include kidney stone ablation, laser hair removal, varicose vein treatment, lithotripsy, and cosmetic treatment.
In applications such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), laser lipolysis and cancer detection, both single mode (SM) and multimode (MM) graded-index (GI) PYROCOAT® coated fibres play an important role.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- ISO 13485 certified, FDA registered
- Fibers tested according to USP Class VI standards and ISO 10993 for biocompatibility and traceability
- Single use disposable or multi use serializable products
- Sub-assemblies and final assemblies with/without connectors available
- Customisation options include metallisation, NA, buffer colours, proof test and additional coatings
- Optical fiber probes for spectroscopy in applications such as oncology and cardiology
- Twisted multicore fiber with continuous Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) for shape sensing applications
- Biocompatible multimode step-index optical fibers for power delivery
- Following FDA good manufacturing practices in a low bioburden assembly room
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What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Product family | Core range available (µm) | Buffer range available (µm) | Numerical aperture | Coating/Buffer material | Part number (Example) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HCXtreme | 200 to 940 | 375 to 1400 | 0.22 / 0.29 | HCS® Fluoroacrylate/ETFE | F18940 |
PYRO LowOH | 100 to 600 | 140 to 690 | 0.22 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | CF04406-17 |
PYRO HighOH | 100 to 600 | 140 to 690 | 0.22 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | CF04406-01 |
ETFE LowOH | 125 to 1500 | 250 to 2000 | 0.37 / 0.43 | HCS® Fluoroacrylate/ETFE | CF-01493-62 |
ETFE HighOH | 200 to 800 | 500 to 1040 | 0.37 | HCS® Fluoroacrylate/ETFE | CF01493-60 |
ETFE LowOH | 200 to 1000 | 375 to 1400 | 0.22 | HCS® Fluoroacrylate/ETFE | CF01493-53 |
ETFE HighOH | 200 to 1000 | 375 to 1535 | 0.22 | HCS® Fluoroacrylate/ETFE | CF01493-45 |
| Product name | Type | Core (MFD) / Cladding / Coating (µm) | Numerical aperture | Coating/Buffer material | Part number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50/125 PYRO | MM GI | 50 / 125 / 155 | 0.20 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF04433 |
62.5/125 PYRO | MM GI | 62.5 / 125 / 155 | 0.275 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF04434 |
100/140 PYRO | MM GI | 100 / 140 / 170 | 0.29 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF04436 |
820/880 PYRO | SM | 6 / 125 / 155 | 0.12 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF04701 |
ClearLite® POLY P2 1310 | SM | 8.4 / 125 / 155 | 0.11 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF05717-01 |
OCT SM 1310 | SM | 9.3 / 125 / 155 | 0.11 | PYROCOAT® Polyimide | BF05717-06 |
