US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 29 for "Optical assemblies for endoscopic stereo visualization" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,897, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Optical assemblies for endoscopic stereo visualization" was invented by Shaohong Wang (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Svitlana Berezhna (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stereo visualization systems with objective lens assemblies for endoscopic visualization. A system include an endoscope tube and an optical assembly disposed within an interior cavity defined by the endoscope tube. The optical assembly includes a negative lens comprising a negative focal length, a positive lens group comprising at least one convex lens, and a beam folding...