| US 7,616,844 B2 | ||
| Fabrication of fiber optic probes | ||
| Dag Roar Hjelme, Trondheim (Norway); Oddvar Aune, Trondheim (Norway); Berit Falch, Trondheim (Norway); Dan Ostling, Trondheim (Norway); and Reinold Ellingsen, Trondheim (Norway) | ||
| Assigned to InvivoSense AS, Trondheim (Norway) | ||
| Appl. No. 12/282,694 PCT Filed Mar. 14, 2007, PCT No. PCT/GB2007/000881 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 26, 2008, PCT Pub. No. WO2007/104974, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 20, 2007. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 0605108.0 (GB), filed on Mar. 14, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0074349 A1, Mar. 19, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—12 [385/13] | 49 Claims |
| 1. A method of fabricating a sensor probe comprising:
placing the end of an optical fiber in a polymerization space;
applying a drop of hydrogel pre-gel solution to the end of the fiber;
exposing said pre-gel solution to an ultra-violet light source to cause polymerization therein; and
monitoring a light signal that has passed down said optical fiber in order to monitor said polymerization.
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