US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Imaging on Dec. 2 for "Imaging spectrometer and camera with rotating prism" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,122, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Imaging spectrometer and camera with rotating prism" was invented by Eric L. Hale (Vancouver, Wash.) and George E. Duckett III (Castaic, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hyperspectral imaging system includes an optical channel arranged to focus light at a first image plane. A spectrometer includes a slit formed at the first image plane to allow a portion of the light to pass. A dispersive element receives light from the slit and spectrally disperses it along a direction perpendicular to a width of the slit. A focusing lens focuses the spectrally d...