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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Pentax Medical Bulgaria Ltd., Plovdiv, BG;
Inventor:
Anh Minh Do, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
PENTAX MEDICAL BULGARIA LTD., Plovdiv, BG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a circuit board on which a light source is arranged, a light guide extending in the endoscope, which receives the light from the light source and guides it to an illumination device of the endoscope, and a holder having a light guide hole for inserting the light guide, wherein the cross-section of the light guide corresponds to the cross-section of the light source for optimizing the light transmission.