Patent ID: 11954906
Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 22:
23. An endoscopic device comprising:
a light source,
an optical fiber,
a camera,
an endoscope having one or more optical elements, the camera being attached to the endoscope by a camera head, wherein at least one optical element of the one or more optical elements is a lens inside the endoscope, the at least one optical element includes an optical marking configured to allow verification of one or more of: an identity of one or more of the at least one optical element, and of the endoscope, such that each optical marking can be detected by the camera, and
instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable information storage media, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, verify one or more of: an identity, and a configuration of the endoscopic device, wherein:
the at least one optical element is arranged within a beam path, and
each optical marking is within the beam path.