US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Dec. 16 for "Endoscope with a light guide device, method of manufacture of an endoscope with a light guide device and use of a method of manufacturing an endoscope" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,953, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Endoscope with a light guide device, method of manufacture of an endoscope with a light guide device and use of a method of manufacturing an endoscope" was invented by Johannes Eisenlauer (Tuttlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a method for producing an endoscope having a light guide device. The method includes the providing an inner shaft for receiving imaging optics, disposing a guide segment for aligning the inner shaft in an outer shaft and/or for guiding light guide elements of the light guide devic...