64 causing the light to be directed toward upper light directing film 62 which may be configured to deliver diffuse light such as light 65 directed light such as light 66 or some combination thereof depending on the thickness of upper light directing film 62 the distribution of the light angles from light cable 60 and the paths that light rays take within the film laminate some light may shine out the end of illuminator 58 and may actually shine downward direction past lower light reflecting film 64 in an alternative configuration lower light reflecting film 64 may be replaced with another piece of upper light directing film 62 to convert the highly gaussian distributed light from light cable 60 to a more diffuse distribution that may be more useful in a diagnostic or therapeutic application or in an application where light shining in more than one direction is desired referring now to fig6 laminated optical termination 68 is configured to engage any suitable light input structure such as an optical fiber bundle or a single core optical fiber or a length of polycarbonate acrylic silicone or other suitable light conducting material such as light conduit or cable 70 light reflecting film 71 directs light from light cable 70 above to light output film 72 which may provide diffuse illumination directional illumination or a combination thereof in this.