Illumination device for a medical imaging unit such as an endoscope, exoscope, and/or microscope

Abstract

An illumination device (10), in particular for a medical imaging unit (11) such as an endoscope, exoscope, and/or microscope, comprising: an illumination unit (14) that is configured to provide illumination with an illumination spectrum (54), a further illumination unit (60) that is configured to provide further illumination with a further illumination spectrum (56), and a combination unit (65) that is configured to combine at least a portion of the illumination and at least a portion of the further illumination to form a combination illumination, wherein the combination unit (65) has a beam splitter element (66) that has a first region (40) that is substantially reflective for the illumination and a second region (42) that is substantially transmissive for the further illumination, which second region is arranged next to the first region (40) and is preferably at least partially surrounded by the first region (40).

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