Patent ID: 8517557
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A45D,A46B,F21V

Abstract:
1. A black light lice comb designed so that it can be easily held when used to examine, clean, and remove and/or eliminate nits, lice, eggs or nymphs on the scalp of an affected person or from environments in which remains may be found from having been in contact with the affected person, the black light comb comprising: a body; a watertight compartment to contain electric batteries at a first end of the body; a lamp device at a second end of the body, which lamp device comprises a first group of diodes that emit black light, and which lamp device is closed by a lens through which the light emitted by said first group of diodes is projectable during the examination of the patient's scalp or the infected environment; the body further comprising a guide from which a lice comb structure is projected, formed by a plurality of teeth made with a material that conducts black light; the black light comb further comprising a second group of diodes emitting black light separate from the first group and arranged in a row essentially corresponding to the guide, such that the plurality of teeth can be lit up by this second group of diodes.