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Remote hand-held diagnostic instrument with video imaging

  • US 5,527,261 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1994
  • Issued: 06/18/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remote hand-held diagnostic instrument comprising:

  • a hand-holdable casing including a body portion, a neck portion extending distally from the body portion, and a head portion formed with a front cover, a back cover, and a sealing means for providing a fluid seal between said front and back covers;

    circuit board means and video processing circuitry within said casing, said circuit board means including a flexible board extending from said body portion through said neck portion of said casing and having a head member positioned in the head portion of said casing;

    a solid state imager affixed within said head member and in circuit communication with said video processing circuitry;

    focusing means carried on said front cover for focusing onto the imager an image of an object in its field of view;

    a lamp carried on said head member;

    means in said front cover for directing illumination from said lamp into said field of view;

    electrical conduit means for carrying power to said video processor circuitry and to said lamp and for carrying from said video processor circuitry a video signal representing said object in said field of view; and

    transmitter means for receiving said video signal from said electrical conduit means and remotely transmitting said video signal.

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