US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Aug. 18 for "Imaging systems with multiple fold optical path" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,254, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Imaging systems with multiple fold optical path" was invented by Ian E. McDowall (Woodside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic system may comprise a first objective lens assembly extending along a first side of a central longitudinal axis through the endoscopic system and a second objective lens assembly extending along a second side of the central longitudinal axis. The endoscopic system may also comprise a prism assembly at a proximal end of the first and second objective lens assemblies, a first image capture sensor co...