Patent 9164270 was granted and assigned to KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG on October, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An endoscope having a viewing direction which can be pivoted relative to the endoscope includes an illumination beam path for transmitting illumination light and a plurality of reflective surfaces for reflecting illumination light, the reflective surfaces being arranged at least partially next to one another in the illumination beam path relative to the intended light propagation direction of illumination light in the illumination beam path.