US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe on June 17 for "Holder for an optical system of an endoscope and method for manufacturing a holder for an optical system of an endoscope" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,424, issued on June 17, was assigned to OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Holder for an optical system of an endoscope and method for manufacturing a holder for an optical system of an endoscope" was invented by Uwe Schoeler (Hoisdorf, Germany), Nils Torkuhl (Gross Vollstedt, Germany) and Martin Wieters (Barsbuettel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for an optical system of an endoscope, the holder including: a take-up region configured to receive an optical element; and at least one fixing region configured to fix the holder in the optical system by a soldered connection, the fixing region being separate ...