ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,094, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Erbe Vision GmbH (Wurmlingen, Germany).
"Illumination apparatus" was invented by Sourabh Ketkale (Tuttlingen, Germany) and Shirish Joshi (Wurmlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination apparatus (1) for illuminating the operating field during open surgery with radiation to cause fluorescence, the apparatus including a main body (2) including an opening (3) configured to release the radiation (18), is characterized by an attachment unit or assembly (4) for removably attaching the main body (2) sideways to an endoscope (5)."
The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2021, under Applica...