ILLUMINATED BOUGIE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES

摘要

2097696 9306769 PCTABS00021 An illuminating bougie (10) in which an elongate bougie body is formed of material for transmitting and diffusing light laterally to transilluminate adjacent body tissue. A socket (15) for attaching the light-transmitting end (17) of a fiber optic bundle (13) is formed in the proximal end (16) of the bougie (10).