Patent ID: 7584534

Claim:
A remote inspection device, comprising: a flexible cable having a proximate end and a distal end; a substantially cylindrical imager housing concentrically aligned with and coupled to a distal end of the flexible cable; an imaging device embedded in an outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing, the imaging device operable to capture an image of a viewing area proximate to the distal end of the flexible cable and convert the image into a video signal; one or more light sources protruding from the outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing along a perimeter of the imaging device such that the imaging device is recessed between the at least one light sources; a transparent cap that encases the imaging device and light sources within the imager housing, wherein each of the at least one light sources protrudes into a nipple formed in the cap and the nipple is shaped to focus light from each of the at least one light sources into the viewing area; and a display housing coupled to the proximate end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device, where the display housing includes a display device adapted to receive the video signal from the imaging device and operable to convert the video signal to a video image.