Handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during medical procedures and intubation stylet
First Claim
1. Adapter for use with (a) a handheld portable consumer device including a housing having a built-in digital camera with an objective lens and an optical axis, and a built-in display screen for displaying visual images, and (b) a handheld portable endoscope including an eyepiece and an optical system with an optical axis for viewing a medical image, the adapter comprising a body member for removably mounting the consumer device on the endoscope with the digital camera'"'"'s optical axis in co-axial alignment with the endoscope'"'"'s optical axis for rendering a handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during a medical procedure, the consumer device being manually rotatable with respect to the endoscope in an assembled state of the handheld portable medical viewing assembly during a medical procedure to a preferred viewing position.
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Abstract
Adapter for mounting a handheld portable consumer device having a built-in digital camera and a built-in display screen on a handheld portable endoscope for rendering a handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during a medical procedure, for recording same for subsequent processing, and the like. An intubation stylet preferably entirely made from shape memory metal and fashioned into a J-shaped elongated member having a pre-bent arcuate leading portion with a rectangular cross section designed to facilitate a successful first attempt intubation procedure.
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33 Claims
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1. Adapter for use with (a) a handheld portable consumer device including a housing having a built-in digital camera with an objective lens and an optical axis, and a built-in display screen for displaying visual images, and (b) a handheld portable endoscope including an eyepiece and an optical system with an optical axis for viewing a medical image,
the adapter comprising a body member for removably mounting the consumer device on the endoscope with the digital camera'"'"'s optical axis in co-axial alignment with the endoscope'"'"'s optical axis for rendering a handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during a medical procedure, the consumer device being manually rotatable with respect to the endoscope in an assembled state of the handheld portable medical viewing assembly during a medical procedure to a preferred viewing position.
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13. A handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during a medical procedure, the assembly comprising:
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(a) a handheld portable consumer device including a housing having a built-in digital camera with an objective lens and an optical axis, and a built-in display screen for displaying visual images;
(b) a handheld portable endoscope including an optical system having an eyepiece and an optical axis for viewing a medical image; and
(c) an adapter for removably mounting said consumer device on said endoscope with said digital camera'"'"'s optical axis in co-axial alignment with said endoscope'"'"'s optical axis and enabling manual rotation of said consumer device with respect to said endoscope in an assembled state of the handheld portable medical viewing assembly during a medical procedure to a preferred viewing position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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- 27. An intubation stylet comprising a generally J-shaped elongated member having a longitudinal axis, and a hand held trailing portion, a generally straight intermediate portion, and a pre-bent arcuate leading portion, at least said leading portion being formed from shape memory material and having a generally rectangular transverse cross section perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.
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