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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Klaus Spinnler, Erlangen, DE;
Cornelia Arnold, Renthendorf, DE;
Andreas Kuleschow, Oberasbach, DE;
Stephan Rupp, Nuremberg, DE;
Thomas Wittenberg, Erlangen, DE;
Robert Couronné, Erlangen, DE;
Klaus Spinnler, Erlangen, DE;
Cornelia Arnold, Renthendorf, DE;
Andreas Kuleschow, Oberasbach, DE;
Stephan Rupp, Nuremberg, DE;
Thomas Wittenberg, Erlangen, DE;
Robert Couronné, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
An illumination apparatus for an image sensor at the distal end of an endoscope includes an illumination carrier and a plurality of micro LEDs each including a main surface from which the emission is made, with a maximum lateral dilatation of less than 500 μm. The illumination carrier is associated with the distal end of the endoscope, and the plurality of micro LEDs are arranged on the illumination carrier such that with electrical excitation, the environment of the distal end of the endoscope is at least in some portions illuminated.