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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Jonas Forster, Tuttlingen, DE;
Andreas Heni, Fridingen, DE;
Pascal Heni, Fridingen, DE;
Marcus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Daniel Ulmschneider, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical instrument having a housing, wherein situated in the housing is a light source which is designed to generate a first light flux which exits at a first interface inside the housing, and a light supply which is designed to guide a second light flux from outside the housing into an interior of the housing and to allow said light flux to exit at a second interface inside the housing; wherein situated in the housing is a light guide which is designed to receive, either from the first interface or from the second interface, light at a first end via a third interface.