US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Sept. 23 for "Optical filter for an objective system of an endoscope, objective system, and endoscope" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,506, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Optical filter for an objective system of an endoscope, objective system, and endoscope" was invented by Franz Bauer (Tuttlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An objective system of a medical scope including an optical filter is disclosed. The optical filter includes a light incident side and a light exit side, a central region around an optical axis, and a peripheral region and is designed as an aperture with a single optical axis for white light and fluorescence light. The optical filter includes a first transmission zone for a transmi...