Patent ID: 8323186

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating the examination of an orifice of a nose or ear, the apparatus comprising: a device having a mount for a light source for illuminating the orifice, a dilator connector, and a dilator actuator for operating a dilator, said dilator actuator being part of the device and comprising a moveable actuating projection, wherein the moveable actuating projection is moveable relative to the dilator connector; the apparatus further comprising: said dilator; wherein said dilator is for insertion into and dilation of an orifice in use, said dilator having a first portion that is detachably mountable to said dilator connector such that said dilator is detachable therefrom, said dilator including operative parts able to move apart from one another and a groove of gradually reducing width, wherein the dilator connector and the dilator actuator are configured such that when the first portion of the dilator is mounted to said dilator connector said actuating projection of the dilator actuator engages the dilator at a location that is remote from said first portion and the actuating projection is moveable within said groove of said dilator so as to urge the operative parts of the dilator apart from one another.