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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An illumination system for fluorescence imaging in open surgery including an illumination light source for generating illumination light including white light and fluorescence excitation light, and illumination optics for illuminating an operating area with the illumination light. The illumination optics including a light guide configured for guiding illumination light from the illumination light source into a light entry end of the illumination optics along a light path to a light exit end of the illumination optics. The light guide includes a light guiding taper arranged in the light path comprising a light entry surface oriented towards or at the light entry end and a light emitting surface oriented towards or at the light exit end, wherein an area of the light emitting surface is larger than an area of the light entry surface.