Patent ID: 6648902
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
An illuminable tool, comprising:a forceps having a first arm including a proximal end and a distal end and a second arm including a proximal end and a distal end, said first and second arms being secured to each other at said proximal ends, said distal end of the first arm having a first grasping portion for contacting an object to be grasped by said tool, and said distal end of the second arm having a second grasping portion for contacting an object to be grasped by said tool; an anchoring member positioned over said proximal ends of said first and second arms, said anchoring member having an internal aperture sized and configured to receive the secured proximal ends of said arms; and a fiberoptic fiber removably affixed to said anchoring member, said fiberoptic fiber having a proximal end attachable to a light source and a distal end positioned along an outer surface of one of said arms at a location spaced from said grasping portions of said first and second arms such that the fiberoptic fiber transmits light that nonobstructingly illuminates an object adjacent to and graspable between the first grasping portion and the second grasping portion.