Medical device, accessories for use therewith, and methods of use
AssigneeJD Sanmed Medical Technology Pty Ltd
InventorOlaf Rusoke-Dierich
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a medical device (521) for inspecting and/or accessing a patient, the device including: a base (520); an image capturing device for capturing images of the patient (541), the image capturing device being located in the base; means to communicate the captured image to a display for displaying said captured image; wherein the base includes one or more openings (525) through which the patient is able to be directly inspected, the one or more openings being located around the image capturing device (541).
Claims22
A medical device for inspecting a patient, the device including:
- a hand-holdable base having a central axis and defining a planar surface perpendicular to the central axis wherein the base comprises a length along the central axis which is less than a width along the planar surface, wherein the hand-holdable base comprises a disk;
- the base comprising a camera structured for capturing images of the patient, the camera being located in the base along the central axis;
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- circuitry to communicate the captured images to a display configured for displaying said captured images,
- wherein the base includes one or more openings configured and dimensioned to enable the patient to be directly inspected through the one or more openings, the base further includes a peripheral portion, the one or more openings being located between the camera and the peripheral portion and the one or more openings surround, or substantially surround the camera, the one or more openings comprising a crescent-shaped opening through the base on three sides of the camera, wherein the width of the planar surface of the base comprises a diameter of the disk part of which spans the at least one opening.
A handheld medical device comprising:
- a hand-holdable base having a length extending along a central axis and defining a planar surface perpendicular to the central axis, the planar surface having a width, the length of the base extending along the central axis being less than the width of the planar surface, the hand-holdable base comprising a disk;
- a camera disposed in the base along the central axis;
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- an electronic display connected to the camera,
- wherein the base defines at least one opening therethrough, the at least one opening being configured and dimensioned to enable direct inspection and tool access therethrough, the base further including a peripheral portion, the at least one opening being located between the camera and the peripheral portion, the at least one opening surrounding, or substantially surrounding, the camera, the at least one opening comprising a crescent-shaped opening through the base on three sides of the camera,
- wherein the width of the planar surface of the base comprises a diameter of the disk part of which spans the at least one opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.