MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT HAVING PORTABLE ILLUMINATOR
First Claim
1. A hand-held medical diagnostic instrument assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a hand held medical diagnostic instrument, said instrument including an instrument head and a handle portion, said handle portion including an open-ended receiving cavity; and
a compact illuminator having a compact light source and a power supply each disposed within a housing, said illuminator being sized to fit substantially within said receiving cavity in releasable fashion, said handle portion further including means for optically coupling the light source of a retained illuminator with said instrument head, said optical coupling means including a surface formed at a top of the receiving cavity bridging said handle portion and the interior of said instrument head,wherein said surface provides a seal relative to the interior of said instrument head, andwherein said surface further having optical quality to enable the light source of said compact illuminator to be coupled to the instrument head when said illuminator is assembled within said handle portion.
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Abstract
A portable medical diagnostic instrument includes an instrument head and a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity. A compact illuminator defined by a housing retaining a miniature light source and a power supply is releasably fitted within the open-ended receiving cavity of the handle portion wherein the light source of the illuminator is optically coupled with the instrument on assembly therewith. The handle portion can be integral with the instrument or releasably attached. The handle portion according to at least one version is made from a plastic or other suitable material, permitting disposability and/or single patient use. In one version, the handle portion is flexibly deformable, at least partially, to facilitate release of the portable illuminator.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. A hand-held medical diagnostic instrument assembly, said assembly comprising:
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a hand held medical diagnostic instrument, said instrument including an instrument head and a handle portion, said handle portion including an open-ended receiving cavity; and a compact illuminator having a compact light source and a power supply each disposed within a housing, said illuminator being sized to fit substantially within said receiving cavity in releasable fashion, said handle portion further including means for optically coupling the light source of a retained illuminator with said instrument head, said optical coupling means including a surface formed at a top of the receiving cavity bridging said handle portion and the interior of said instrument head, wherein said surface provides a seal relative to the interior of said instrument head, and wherein said surface further having optical quality to enable the light source of said compact illuminator to be coupled to the instrument head when said illuminator is assembled within said handle portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 23. A handle portion for a medical diagnostic instrument, said handle portion including a housing having an open-ended receiving cavity that is sized to receive a portable illuminator, said handle portion being releasably couplable to the body of the medical diagnostic instrument and in which at least a portion of said handle portion is flexibly deformable.
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35. A diagnostic instrument system, said instrument system comprising:
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a plurality of hand-held medical diagnostic instruments, each of said diagnostic instruments including a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity and an instrument head, said plurality of instruments including at least two different instruments configured for examining different medical targets; and a portable illuminator separably and releasably couplable within the open-ended receiving cavity of said plurality of hand-held diagnostic instruments, each said handle portion including means for optically coupling said illuminator with said instrument head to deliver light to a medical target. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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Specification