US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE on May 26 for "Endoscope with optical filter arrangement and use" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,862, issued on May 26, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Endoscope with optical filter arrangement and use" was invented by Jianxin Zhao (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including: an optical filter arrangement having: a holder; and an optical filter having one of different filter properties in different directions or multiple optical filters with different filter properties, the optical filter being arranged in the holder to rotate about an axis of rotation in at least one beam path of the endoscope in a direction of light incidence in or behind an objective of the endoscope a...