ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGE SENSING MEANS AT THE DISTAL END OF AN ENDOSCOPE

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14948443

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An illumination apparatus for an image sensor at the distal end of an endoscope includes an illumination carrier and a plurality of micro LEDs each including a main surface from which the emission is made, with a maximum lateral dilatation of less than 500 μm. The illumination carrier is associated with the distal end of the endoscope, and the plurality of micro LEDs are arranged on the illumination carrier such that with electrical excitation, the environment of the distal end of the endoscope is at least in some portions illuminated.

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FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E VHANSASTRASSE 27C MUNICH 80686

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ARNOLD, Cornelia Renthendorf, DE 2 90
COURONNE, Robert Erlangen, DE 17 363
KULESCHOW, Andreas Oberasbach, DE 5 109
RUPP, Stephan Nuernberg, DE 27 1014
SPINNLER, Klaus Erlangen, DE 9 186
WITTENBERG, Thomas Erlangen, DE 16 211

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