Patent ID: 7901351

Claim:
A passive optical image viewing fiberoptie otoscope comprising an otoscope body, the otoscope body interfacing with a flexible solid fiberoptic cable, an achromatic optical image viewer, and a light source connector, in combination providing an achromatically corrected optical image, wherein: the otoscope body has a cable end, a viewer end and a mid-section, and has an interior passage connecting the cable end with the viewer end, and an intersecting passage through the mid section connecting to the interior passage; the flexible solid fiberoptic cable is in communication with the interior passage and extends out from the cable end of the otoscope body, the fiberoptic cable having a plurality of optical fibers for conducting light, wherein the solid fiberoptic cable comprises a light emitting path surrounding an image receiving path, the light emitting path being a plurality of light conduits closely packed and surrounding the image receiving path, and the image receiving path being a single image conduit and having a distal end abutting a lens complex adapted for receiving light; the achromatic optical image viewer attached to the viewer end of the otoscope body and in communication with the interior passage and an image receiving path for displaying a received light image for optical viewing by a user; and the light source connector attached to the mid-section of the otoscope body and in communication with the intersecting passage, the light source connector for attaching to an external light source.