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 0:
1. An endoscopic device comprising:
a light source,
an optical fiber,
a camera, and
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 and comprises an optical marking configured to allow verification of one or more of: an identity of the at least one optical element and of the endoscope, such that the each optical marking can be detected by the camera to 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.