# US 2025/0152011 A1 · Examination device for optical medical examinations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0152011 A1 - Document ID: US20250152011A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/940,982 - Filed: 2024-11-08 - Published: 2025-05-15 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-10 - Assignees: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: HEINE Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Felix MICHEL; Holger Hein - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250152011A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens} - A61B 5/441: {Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis} - A61B 5/743: {Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots} - A61B 5/7475: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick} - H05K 7/2039: {characterised by the heat transfer by conduction from the heat generating element to a dissipating body (arrangements for increasing/decreasing heat-transfer, e.g. fins details, F28F13/00)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract An examination device for optical medical examinations, in particular a dermatoscope, including a housing, a processor and a heat sink, wherein the housing encloses an interior space, wherein the processor is located in the interior space. The heat sink includes a heat source section and a heat sink section, wherein the heat source section is located in the interior space and is in thermal contact with the processor, and wherein at least one side of the heat sink section is located outside of the interior space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An examination device for optical medical examinations, comprising a housing, a head region, a grip region, a processor, a camera, a screen and a heat sink, wherein the housing encloses an interior space, wherein the processor is located in the interior space, wherein the camera and the screen are located in the head region, wherein the heat sink comprises a heat source section and a heat sink section, wherein the heat source section is located in the interior space and is in thermal contact with the processor, and wherein at least one side of the heat sink section is located outside of the interior space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the processor comprises at least one of a neural processing unit, graphics processing unit or floating-point unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the thermal contact between the heat source section and the processor is produced through direct physical contact or indirect physical contact using only one thermal interface material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the heat sink section forms a part of an exterior surface of the examination device, or is located outside of the housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the heat sink section is located in at least one of the head region or the grip region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the examination device comprises a patient side and an operator side, wherein the heat sink section is at least one of not located on the patient side and/or not located on the operator side. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the examination device has multiple lateral sides, wherein the heat sink section is located on at least one of the multiple lateral sides. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the heat sink is at least one of designed as a single piece or as a single-piece base with an insert; or made of metal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the examination device comprises a frame which forms a part of an exterior surface of the housing, wherein the heat sink section is part of the frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The examination device according to claim 9, wherein the frame and the heat sink are designed together as a single piece. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The examination device according to claim 9, wherein the heat sink comprises a thermal bridge which connects the heat source section to the heat sink section thermally, and wherein the thermal bridge physically contacts the frame at a contact point. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The examination device according to claim 9, wherein the frame extends around a contour of the examination device on lateral sides. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein a grip zone is provided on the examination device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The examination device according to claim 13, wherein the grip zone is located between a thermal break of a frame of the examination device and a contact point of the frame or is located between two thermal breaks. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The examination device according to claim 9, wherein the housing comprises two housing shells that are attached on the frame. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the examination device comprises a contact zone on an exterior surface on a patient side, wherein the contact zone is thermally separated from at least one of the heat sink or a frame of the examination device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the camera is located on a patient side and/or the screen is located on an operator side. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the camera comprises a macro lens. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the examination device comprises a user interface located at least one of in the grip region or on an operator side. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The examination device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to at least one of receive a recording captured by the camera, process the recording, to control the screen in order to display the recording, or to display the recording and results of an image analysis in real time.