US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Nov. 18 for "Beam splitting device for a distal end section of an endoscope, objective system and endoscope" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,566, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Beam splitting device for a distal end section of an endoscope, objective system and endoscope" was invented by Franz Bauer (Seitingen-Oberflacht, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam splitting device for a distal end of an endoscope, the beam splitting device comprising a first prism with a first entrance surface, a first internal incident surface, and a first exit surface; and a second prism with a second entrance surface and a second exit surface; and a dichroic beam splitting layer. The first exit surface of the first prism and the sec...