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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Dashiell Birnkrant, Sutton, MA (US);
Michael Kloter, Sturbrigdge, MA (US);
Marko Radosevic, Goleta, CA (US);
Indrek-Toomas Polluks, Rakvere, EE;
Pirasanth Sivathasan, Kreuzlingen, CH;
Tyrel Waagen, Douglas, MA (US);
KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Abstract
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.