Multifunctional medical examination instrument
AssigneeNoble Marketing, Inc.
InventorJeff Baker
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a medical instrument used for conducting eye, ear, mouth examinations of a patient. The instrument is connectable with a remote power supply. In an exemplified embodiment, instrument comprises an elongated, rigid body defining a first end and a second end, a light emitting member disposed at the first end, and an input/output connector disposed at the second end and adapted for selective connection with the remote power supply, so as to enable operation of the light emitting member free of connection with the remote power supply. The instrument may also be used for sensitivity testing of skin areas of the patent.
Claims15
A multifunctional medical examination instrument comprising:
- (a) an elongated body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) a light emitting member disposed at said first end of said elongated body;
- (c) a rechargeable power supply disposed within said elongated body, said rechargeable power supply in electrical communication with said light emitting member;
- (d) an input/output (I/O) connector projecting out of said second end of said elongated body, said I/O connector in electrical communication with said rechargeable power supply and adapted for operative connection with an external power supply, so as to charge said rechargeable power supply;
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- (e) at least one medical examination component coupled to said instrument;
- wherein said I/O connector is a universal serial bus (USB) connector and the external power supply is a computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.