Patent ID: 7059720

Claim:
A hand-held ophthalmoscope for printing a graphic image of the interior of a patient's eye as received by the ophthalmoscope, comprising: (1) a built-in integral printer comprising: a print engine assembly; a print head; a print engine controller for controlling the print head; a mount to receive a removable print roll cartridge containing print media; at least one drive motor adapted to associate with the removable print roll cartridge and feed the print media past the print head; (2) an image sensor able to receive an image of a patient's eye through a at least one lens of the ophthalmoscope and transmit image data to the built-in integral printer; (3) a built-in integral power source; (4) activation means to initiate printing: and (5) a cutter assembly adapted to sever a section the print media after printing thereon.