ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,882, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to EndoChoice Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Optical system for an endoscope" was invented by Yaniv Ofir (Givat Halm Ihud, Israel) and Robby Dascalo (Zichron Yaaqov, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens assembly of a viewing element for an endoscope has lenses and a barrel containing the lenses. The internal surface of the barrel is shaped in accordance with the relative position and size of the lenses and a lens holder encompassing at least a portion of the barrel. The barrel and/or the lens holder are injection-molded and can be variably positioned relative to each other. An optional adhesive ...