Patent ID: 8063932

Claim:
A camera for medical or dental, use, comprising: an elongated casing ( 2 ) adapted to be held in a user's hand and provided at its anterior end with means for image-taking, the casing ( 2 ) comprising means for control ( 6 , 8 ) of a sensitive type adapted to “freeze” on means for display ( 5 ) an image chosen by the user, the means for control comprising a zone of detection ( 9 ) located on the casing ( 2 ) which is defined by a surface discontinuity, a hollow or a crest ( 11 ), wherein the casing ( 2 ) contains a sensor element ( 6 ) associated with an electronic piloting circuit ( 8 ) and an electrostatic foam element ( 14 ) of which one end is applied against the sensor element ( 6 ) and its opposite end is applied against a zone of an inner face of the casing ( 2 ) disposed plumb with the zone of detection ( 9 ), and wherein the electrostatic foam element ( 14 ), when in position between the inner face of the casing ( 2 ) and the sensor element ( 6 ), is in a slightly compressed state.