EP3559723A4 - Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes - Google Patents

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EP3559723A4
EP3559723A4 EP17883995.7A EP17883995A EP3559723A4 EP 3559723 A4 EP3559723 A4 EP 3559723A4 EP 17883995 A EP17883995 A EP 17883995A EP 3559723 A4 EP3559723 A4 EP 3559723A4
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illumination sources
multicore fiber
fiber endoscopes
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Asaf SHAHMOON
Zeev Zalevsky
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US15/387,805 US10398294B2 (en) 2014-07-24 2016-12-22 Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes
PCT/IL2017/051372 WO2018116302A1 (en) 2016-12-22 2017-12-21 Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes

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