ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,763, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope" was invented by Koji Matsumoto (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope of the present invention includes a first positive lens configured to concentrate light emitted from a light source onto an internal focus point and to emit the concentrated light to irradiate an object. The focus point is located on an incidence side from an intermediate point on an optical axis of the first positive lens."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/517,516.
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