Karl Storz Se Co. & Kg

Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.

Michael Kloter

Indrek-Toomas Polluks

Marko Radosevic

Evan Michael Leingang

Thomas Arthur Tedham

Reed Oliver Saunders

Tyrel Waagen

Anina Cooter

Kevin R Lochner

Jeremy Roth

Pirasanth Sivathasan

Chase Van Rossen

Richard Arthur Thompson, Ii

Dashiell A Birnkrant

Richard A Thompson

Dashiell Birnkrant

An endoscopic system and method for its operation are disclosed. The system comprises a light source, an endoscope with a distal light entrance surface, an image sensor capturing images through the light entrance surface and a rinsing device for providing a rinsing fluid flow for rinsing the light entrance surface, the method including the steps of receiving a sensor signal from a sensor detecting a user input starting a rinsing operation of the rinsing device, and, upon receipt of the sensor signal, changing an illumination mode of the light source from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode and/or changing the video capture from a first video capture mode to a second video capture mode. The second illumination and/or video capture mask undesirable visual artifacts which can occur when collecting images with a rolling shutter sensors while performing a liquid flush of the light entrance surface.

Endoscope and endoscopic system

A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.

Endoscope connector and endoscope adapter

Endoscope, endoscopic system and method of operating the endoscopic system

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Michael Kloter