Patent ID: 7794086

Claim:
An opthalmoscope comprising: a handle coupled to a head, wherein the head comprises: a front section coupled with a diopter wheel, the front section including a view window; and a back section fixedly attached to the front section, the back section comprising a diopter number viewer, a trigger button, and a digital imaging section, the digital imaging section comprising a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and adapted to display an object in a field of view of the view window on the LCD screen; wherein the trigger button is adjacent to the handle and positioned opposite the front section between the handle and the LCD screen; and wherein the back section comprises a rounded projection rotatably coupled with a central hole in the diopter wheel, the rounded projection extending from a diopter surface in the back section substantially parallel with and in close proximity to the diopter wheel; and wherein the diopter number viewer extends from the diopter surface away from the diopter wheel and comprises an opening configured to expose a diopter number on the diopter wheel.