ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,090, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope and endoscope system" was invented by Hiroaki Tabe (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes an insertion unit, an operation unit, an emission end, a first light guide and a second light guide that guide illumination light emitted from a light source unit to the emission end, a lens member that suppresses a variation in a relative intensity of each color light of the illumination light, and a connection unit that optically connects the first light guide, the second light guide, and the lens member; and the lens member is disposed be...