Disposable otoscope tip system
AssigneeHealth & Technology, Inc.
InventorDaniel G. Cook
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Abstract
A disposable otoscope tip system that mounts to a head of an otoscope. The system comprising a receptacle that mounts to the head of the otoscope and a conical member that is secured to the receptacle. The conical member having a first and a second open end. The first open end includes a lip and has a greater diameter than the second open end. The first open end of the conical member being connected to the receptacle by a shoulder which extends radially inward from an inner surface of a neck to secure the lip therein.
Claims39
A disposable otoscope tip for use with a receptacle that is mounted on an otoscope, the disposable tip comprising:
- a conical member having a first and a second open end with an open passage therebetween, wherein a diameter of the first open end is greater than a diameter of the second open end;
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- a lip located at the first open end having an outer diameter of approximately 14.8 millimeters that is retained by the receptacle when the conical member is compressed therein and provides the only means for securing the conical member to allow examination through the second open end of the conical member.
A disposable otoscope tip system for mounting onto a head of an otoscope, the disposable otoscope tip system comprising:
- a disposable tip which includes a hollow, conical member having a first open end with a diameter that is larger than a diameter of a second open end, a lip that extends radially outward at the first open end of the conical member;
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- a receptacle having an annular passage therethrough from a first annular opening to a second annular opening;
- the receptacle including:
- a neck around the second annular opening of the receptacle, the neck having a diameter that is slightly larger than the annular passage at the second annular opening of the receptacle to receive within the neck the lip that is located at the first open end of the conical member;
- a shoulder extending radially inward along an inner surface of the neck that retains the lip when the conical member is compressed into the neck and the lip is pushed beyond the shoulder to provide the only means for securing the conical member therein;
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- securing means at the first annular opening of the receptacle for mounting the receptacle to the head of the otoscope.
A disposable otoscope tip system for mounting onto a head of an otoscope, the disposable tip system comprising:
- a receptacle including:
- a first and a second annular opening;
- a passage along an annular axis of the receptacle from a center of the first annular opening to a center of the second annular opening, the first annular opening having a larger diameter than the second annular opening;
- securing means at the first annular opening for mounting the receptacle to the head of the otoscope;
- a neck located at the second annular opening which has an inner surface with a diameter that is greater than the diameter at the second annular opening;
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- a shoulder along the inner surface of the neck extending radially inward;
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- a disposable tip which includes a hollow, conical member having a first and a second open end, such that a diameter of the first open end fits within the inner surface of the neck and is larger than a diameter of the second annular opening, and a lip that extends radially outward from the first open end of the conical member, and is retained within the neck of the receptacle by the shoulder when the conical member is compressed therein to provide the only means for securing the conical member to the receptacle.
A method of mounting a disposable otoscope tip onto a receptacle secured to an otoscope, the method including:
- aligning a first open end of a hollow conical member with the receptacle of the otoscope, the receptacle having facial features of an animal;
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- pushing the conical member so that the first open end is received into the receptacle on the otoscope until a lip, which extends radially outward from the first open end of the conical member and has an outer diameter of approximately 14.8 millimeters, is secured by a shoulder, which extends radially inward along an inner surface of a neck in the receptacle, to provide the only means for securing the conical member and completing the facial features created by the receptacle.
A method of mounting a disposable otoscope tip system comprising:
- attaching a receptacle having some facial features of an animal to an otoscope, the receptacle having an annular passage between a first and a second annular opening, such that the first annular opening is mounted to a head of the otoscope while the second annular opening has a neck with an inner surface from which a shoulder extends radially inward;
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- attaching a first open end of a conical member to the receptacle by compression, wherein the conical member functions as a component in developing the facial features of the animal, the first open end having a greater diameter than a second open end of the conical member and having a lip extending radially outward from the first open end, wherein the lip is retained by the shoulder within the neck of the receptacle when the conical member is compressed therein providing the only means for securing the conical member to the receptacle and to complete the facial features created by the otoscope tip system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.