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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Grintech Gmbh, Jena, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
GRINTECH GmbH, Jena, DE;
Abstract
An illumination arrangement according to the invention, in particular for an endoscope, comprises at least three light sources for generating a respective input light beam, and a beam combination device (), wherein the beam combination device () comprises at least two beam splitters for combining the at least three input light beams to form an output light beam, at least three collimator lenses () embodied as GRIN lenses and serving for collimating and coupling a respective one of the input light beams into one of the beam splitters, and at least one further GRIN lens for coupling the output light beam into an optical waveguide. The invention also relates to a beam combination device and a method for coupling at least three input light beams into an optical waveguide, in particular into an optical waveguide of an endoscope.