Patent ID: 8388523
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
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.