US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Imaging on Aug. 26 for "Dynamic light source status indication for endoscopic systems" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,618, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Dynamic light source status indication for endoscopic systems" was invented by Michael Augarten (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source for an endoscope system includes a receptacle for receiving a first end of a light guide cable, a light engine with at least one LED configured to provide light transmitted from the first end of the light guide cable to a second end of the light guide cable connected to an endoscope, and a light output controller configured to adjust an intensity level of the light engine according to a set intens...