Portable digital direct ophthalmoscope

A portable, direct ophthalmoscope for retinal examination comprising:

• a handle;
• a head connected with the handle, the handle enabling manually holding and positioning of the head near an eye being examined;
• a light source arranged for shining light forwardly from the head, the light being transmitted toward the eye for illuminating the retina of the eye being examined when the head is positioned near and aimed toward the eye's pupil;
• one or more imaging lens disposed within the head for magnifying an image of an object being illuminated by light from the light source, the object comprising the retina when the head is positioned near the eye being examined and is aimed at the pupil of the eye;
• the head further comprising an optical viewfinder coupled with the one or more imaging lenses for enabling a person holding the handle to view the magnified images;
• and
• a connector configured and adapted for releasably connecting to the head a separate image capture device and positioning the image capture device with respect to the optical viewfinder in order to enable capture of the magnified image by the image capture device, the connector including means for releasable attaching the image capture device to the connector;
• wherein at least a portion of the connector is comprised of a rigid support member adapted for supporting the image capture device in a fixed position relative to the optical viewfinder when the image capture device is attached to the connector;
• and
• wherein all of the light passing through the one or more imaging lenses is delivered to the optical viewfinder without being split.