Patent 9282878 was granted and assigned to Invuity on March, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An illuminated medical system comprises a medical instrument and a light transmitting waveguide. The waveguide projects lights from a distal portion of the waveguide toward a target area. The waveguide is formed primarily of a cyclic olefin copolymer or a cyclic olefin polymer.