Medical diagnostic instrument having portable illuminator
First Claim
1. A hand-held medical diagnostic instrument assembly, said assembly comprising:
- at least one hand held medical diagnostic instrument, said at least one instrument comprising an instrument head and a handle portion, said handle portion including an enclosed receiving cavity with an open proximal end; and
an illuminator having a compact light source and a power supply each disposed within an interior of a housing, said illuminator being sized to fit substantially within the open proximal end of said enclosed receiving cavity in releasable fashion, said handle portion and said illuminator further including features for optically coupling the light source of a retained illuminator with said instrument head wherein said illuminator housing includes an upper cylindrical portion engageable with a tubular portion extending from the interior of the upper portion of said receiving cavity of said handle portion, said tubular portion of said handle portion further including at least one lens member aligned with said compact light source when said illuminator is attached in which said at least one lens member and said tubular portion are made from the same material and in which said at least one lens member is optically transmissive and said tubular portion is opaque.
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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
28 Claims
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1. A hand-held medical diagnostic instrument assembly, said assembly comprising:
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at least one hand held medical diagnostic instrument, said at least one instrument comprising an instrument head and a handle portion, said handle portion including an enclosed receiving cavity with an open proximal end; and an illuminator having a compact light source and a power supply each disposed within an interior of a housing, said illuminator being sized to fit substantially within the open proximal end of said enclosed receiving cavity in releasable fashion, said handle portion and said illuminator further including features for optically coupling the light source of a retained illuminator with said instrument head wherein said illuminator housing includes an upper cylindrical portion engageable with a tubular portion extending from the interior of the upper portion of said receiving cavity of said handle portion, said tubular portion of said handle portion further including at least one lens member aligned with said compact light source when said illuminator is attached in which said at least one lens member and said tubular portion are made from the same material and in which said at least one lens member is optically transmissive and said tubular portion is opaque. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A medical 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, said receiving cavity being entirely enclosed with the exception of an open proximal end and an instrument head, said plurality of instruments including at least two different instruments configured for examining different medical targets; and a portable illuminator interchangeably and releasably couplable with the open-ended receiving cavity of each of said plurality of hand-held diagnostic instruments, said illuminator being defined by a housing retaining a portable power supply and a compact light source, said compact light source being retained within a cylindrical upper portion of said illuminator housing, said handle portion including a hollow tubular portion sized to receive said upper cylindrical portion, said hollow tubular portion including a lens element therein that is aligned with the compact light source in which said lens element and said tubular portion are made from the same material and in which said lens element is optically transmissive and said tubular portion is opaque. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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