Franklin G. Reick

TL;DR: In this paper, a surgical instrument and light pipe illumination assembly fabricated of synthetic plastic material is used to project light into a field of interest. But the instrument is not equipped with a light source.

TL;DR: A fiber optics illumination system provided with a light source whose output is distributed among a plurality of flexible light pipes, the light transmitted by the pipes being applied to light tips or other instruments is described in this article.

TL;DR: A detachable holder for immobilizing a flexible tubing at a site adjacent its point of connection to a medical device inserted in a patient to feed a therapeutic fluid into a vein or artery or to withdraw fluid from the patient as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A clip-on light pipe illumination assembly constituted by a manually-operated clamp adapted to clip onto an abdominal or other tissue wall surrouding a surgical site is described in this paper.