Patent ID: 6575744
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A mirror for examining a confined area comprising a mirror component and a holding stem component; said mirror component and said holding stem component being connected at approximately a 120 to 150 degree angle to form a unified structure; wherein the mirror component includes a circular concave housing with one central opening through which a leg portion of a rotatable disk is inserted, a circular-shaped mirror with a diameter less than a diameter of the rotatable disk and which is adhered to a top surface of said rotatable disk, said rotatable disk with adhered mirror disk being adapted to rotate inside the circular concave housing of the mirror component, said circular concave housing including a collar portion having a plurality of irregular-shaped sub-collars, said sub-collars providing open spaces through which solid and liquid particles can escape from the mirror surface, at least one lighting device along an inner peripheral circle of said circular concave housing adapted to illuminate a visible surface of the mirror; a connecting means connected to a motor adapted to transfer rotating movement from the motor to the mirror, said connecting means including a shaft connected to the motor which is present in the holding stem component wherein the holding stem component further includes a power supply operatively connected to the motor and said at least one lighting device, a component electrically connected to a mechanism which controls the rotating speed of the motor, and an on/off switch for controlling power to said motor.