Patent ID: 7758203
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An illuminator assembly for a medical device having a receiving cavity, the illuminator assembly comprising: a portable illuminator containing a light source and a portable power source acting as a primary power source, said illuminator further including a housing having an upper portion and a lower base portion, said lower base portion of said portable illuminator further including a single end interface that is selectively engageable with at least two electrical devices wherein said single end interface axially engages one of said at least two electrical devices in a direction which extends along a primary axis of said illuminator, said primary axis being co-extensive with said upper and lower base portions of said illuminator and the other of said at least two electrical devices slidingly engages said single end interface of said illuminator in a direction which is nonaxial and substantially orthogonal to said axial direction, said interface including a set of contact pins extending from a recessed surface portion of said lower base portion that are commonly engaged by either of said electrical devices, said upper portion of said illuminator further including a lens element and a retention pin, the retention in biased outwardly from the upper portion by a spring to provide a bearing force against the cavity when the upper portion is engaged with the cavity.