Patent ID: 7690807

Claim:
An optical mirror element, comprising: (a) a head comprising a forward surface and a rear surface, wherein at least one of the forward surface and the rear surface is mirrored; (b) a prism comprising a prism base, a prism heel and a prism face; and (c) a shank extending from a first end to a second end, each of the head and the prism being attached to the shank adjacent to the first end, at least one of the shank and the prism base defining an attachment means having a hollow bore, the second end of the shank defining an access opening to the hollow bore, and the hollow bore extending longitudinally within the shank from the access opening to the prism base; wherein the attachment means is configured to removably receive through the access opening and into the hollow bore an elongated male receptacle of a handle assembly, such that a light source at a distal end of the elongated male receptacle is in close proximity to the prism base, a first portion of light operably emitted from the light source is operably applied to the prism base for transmission through the prism base to the prism heel, and the first portion of light is operably internally reflected from the prism heel to the prism face and is operably emitted from the prism face adjacent to the head.