US Patent Issued to HOYA on June 30 for "Endoscopic spectral illumination device having LEDS emitting different wavelengths of light" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,250, issued on June 30, was assigned to HOYA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscopic spectral illumination device having LEDS emitting different wavelengths of light" was invented by Hermann Landes (Friedberg, Germany) and Thomas Viebach (Friedberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an endoscope tip or capsule endoscope comprising an illumination device configured to illuminate a scene; wherein the illumination device includes a first light source configured to emit light with a first spectral distribution and a second light source configured to emit light with a second spectral distribution; the first spectral distribution is di...