US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on July 29 for "Endoscope illumination light switching device and endoscope illumination light switching method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,773, issued on July 29, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope illumination light switching device and endoscope illumination light switching method" was invented by Takahiro Masaki (Shirakawa, Japan), Yusuke Yoshida (Hachioji, Japan) and Takeshi Ito (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope illumination light switching device includes a rotation body in which a plurality of holes including a first hole are formed in a circumferential direction and that switches a hole on an irradiation optical path through rotation, a drive device configured to rotationally drive the rotation body, a sensor, and a processor...