ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,979, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Holder for an image sensor of a surgical instrument" was invented by Martin Wieters (Barsbuettel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for a surgical instrument, where the holder includes: an image sensor, the image sensor having a photo-sensitive layer and a rear side facing away from the photo-sensitive layer; and a circuit board, a first side of the circuit board being connected to the rear side of the image sensor. The holder may have a cover member having a first side arranged on a second side of the circuit board, the second side o...