Endoscopic illumination sleeve

An endoscopic illumination sleeve comprising:

• a housing holding a plurality of LED light sources (LEDs) for providing light to respective light fibers, the housing forming a chamber sized for encircling an endoscope shaft;
• and
• a flexible sleeve coupled to the housing, terminated by a faceplate, and including the light fibers, the flexible sleeve adapted to be placed around the endoscope shaft such that a distal end of the sleeve is positioned toward the distal end of the endoscope shaft and the light fibers extend from the housing to the distal end to illuminate a scene, wherein the flexible sleeve and housing are adapted to be secured around the endoscope in a working position for a medical procedure, and to be removable therefrom, and wherein the faceplate is keyed to align with an endoscope on which the flexible sleeve is placed and includes multiple filter elements to filter respective regions of the faceplate.