An illumination device comprising in combination:
- a housing having a handle portion at a first end thereof and an illumination portion with an arc-shaped light generating source at a second end thereof, the housing also having a recess at the second end thereof, the recess being composed of a circular central space and an opening, and the arc-shaped light generating source encircles the circular central space of the recess,
- a power source within the arc-shaped light generating source substantially contained with the handle portion has at least one user controlled switch on a side edge of the housing, allowing for actuation of the arc-shaped light generating source and switching between a type of illumination, either transillumination or surface illumination, in controlled manner for the selective examination of a user's skin or veins,
- the arc-shaped light generating source including a transillumination orange light composed of LEDs having a wavelength in the range of 580-620 nm, a red light composed of LEDs having a wavelength of light in the range of 620-650 nm for side-transillumination of the veins, and a white exam light composed of LEDs for illumination of the surface of the skin,
- the illumination portion includes a substantially semicircular shaped area of illumination shaped and dimensioned to encircle the substantially semicircular central area, the arc-shaped light generating source of the illumination portion extending about an arc of approximately 270 degrees and following an edge of the semicircular central area along a lower surface of the housing, and the arc-shaped light generating source includes the transillumination orange light composed of LEDs, the red light composed of LEDs for side-transillumination of the veins and the white exam light composed of LEDs that run along the substantially semicircular shaped area of illumination,
- wherein the at least one user controlled switch allowing for actuation of the arc-shaped light generating source of the illumination device further comprises a manual or automatic switch to switch between the orange light, the red light and the white exam light by simply pressing a button or moving the device and wherein a pattern of LEDs comprises a series of sixteen LEDs comprising twelve orange-colored LEDs positioned for emitting orange light outwardly from the lower surface of the housing and four red-colored LEDs positioned for emitting red light outwardly from the lower surface of the housing and intermixed with the series of sixteen LEDs are the white-colored LEDs composed of a series of eight white-colored LEDs symmetrically dispersed amongst the sixteen LEDs, wherein the twelve orange-colored LEDs and the four red-colored LEDs make up a first light source, and the white-colored LEDs make up a distinct second light source the second light source is composed of the eight white-colored LEDs symmetrically dispersed amongst the twelve orange-colored LEDs and four red-colored LEDs, whereby the pattern of LEDs extending about the substantially circular shaped area of illumination begins at a position of approximately 10 o'clock and extends in a counterclockwise direction.