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Vaginal speculum apparatus

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  • US 8,435,175 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2012
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vaginal speculum apparatus, said apparatus comprising:

  • a portable illumination assembly defined by a housing that retains a portable power supply, at least one LED and an integral curved light pipe made from a light transmissive material, said at least one LED being adjacent to and optically coupled to a proximal end of said integral curved light pipe; and

    a vaginal speculum comprising an upper blade and a lower blade, said lower blade including a trough-shaped blade section and a handle portion that receives a portion of said portable illumination assembly and wherein said portable illumination assembly, including said integral light pipe, is releasably attached to the handle portion of said speculum such that the curved light pipe of said illumination assembly extends into the trough-shaped blade section of said speculum.

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