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MedPOF® is a next-generation plastic fiber, offering superior safety, ductility and transparency for medical applications Unlike brittle glass fibers, Chromis MedPOF® perfluorinated plastic optical fiber provides protection and flexibility for demanding handling and placement needs in medical applications. Chromis MedPOF® overcomes the shortcomings of other plastic fibers, presenting low attenuation, IR-transparent perfluorinated polymer materials, and exacting geometric tolerances.

MedPOF

FEATURES | BENEFITS

Graded-index perfluorinated POF: combining the best of the glass fiber and plastic fiber worlds

MedPOF® achieves breakthrough optical performance that surpasses traditional plastic optical fibers. MedPOF® is multilayered to optimize performance. The layers are extruded to outstanding tolerances. The resulting fiber is biocompatible and sterilizable. MedPOF® complies with USP Biological Reactivity Tests in vivo–USP Class VI–so designers are free to target the sterile field and invasive applications. MedPOF® can be sterilized by conventional EtO or Radiation techniques.

Medical Sensing

MedPOF® is transparent for todays and tomorrow's wavelengths for direct or spectroscopic sensing techniques and compatible with extrinsic or instrinsic optical techniques. MedPOF® enables detection of gamma, e-beam, x-ray and UV-IR radiation levels.

Medical Illumination

MedPOF® fibers have a 5mm long-term bend radii for endoscopic illumination and flexible image bundles. Also ideal for catheter placement indicators, including intrinsic and extrinsic detection.

Medical Power Delivery

Chromis MedPOF® is well suited for use in low power ophthalmic
and photodynamic therapy probes. It can be terminated using simple, inexpensive tools and polishes in seconds to a smooth, low-loss power-friendly end-face.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product specifications

Transmission characteristics

Attenuation at 850 nm (dB/km)

≤ 60

Attenuation at 1300 nm (dB/km)

≤ 60

Bandwidth at 850 nm (MHz.km)

≥ 500

Numerical aperture

0.18 ± 0.015

Physical characteristics

Core diameter (µm)

50,120,200 ± 10

Over-cladding diameter (µm)

490, 750 ± 10

Core to over-cladding concentricity (µm)

≤ 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART NUMBERS

490 Overclad Diameter

750 Overclad Diameter

MedPOF-50/490

MedPOF-120/490

MedPOF-200/490

MedPOF-50/750

MedPOF-120/750

MedPOF-200/750

 

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