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Hand Held Products, Inc.

Allan I Krauter

Robert L Vivenzio

Chris R Roberts

Dale C Saddlemire

Dominick A Danna

Michael T McMahon

Jon R Salvati

Ervin Goldfain

Steven R Slawson

Raymond A Lia

Scott G Spanfelner

Michael P Kehoskie

Stephen W Burnett

Daniel C Briggs

John R Strom

William H Lagerway

Peter J Davis

Michael A Pasik

Deborah A Laun

Scott Andrew Ryan

Jimmie B Allred, Iii

Corinn C Fahrenkrug

Frank J Witkowski

Scott S Stearns

Edward A Johnson

Edward W Wright

Shawn A Briggman

Timothy J Smith

Charles N Stewart

Susan E Reilly

Thomas Karpen

Richard W Newman

Eric Michael Andreassen

Michael E Bausch

Cynthia A Kuiper

Roger P Bonenfant

David C Woods

Dominic Danna

Kenneth Von Felten

Bradford James Morse

Kenneth J Burdick

Raymond P Dromms

Ronald A Hauptli

Joseph A Ciarlei

James G Strong

Richard A Kokosa

Fred C Cope

Catherine R Wojnowicz

Frank J Witkowski, Iii

Jon E Salvati

William Lagerway

Michael T Cerio

Francis Cichostepski

James J O'Brien

Bernd F Koehler

Michael T Turner

Charles W Fish, Iii

Terry V Grantier

Ronald H Lawson

John H Bean

Leigh Lawson, Legal Representative

Dominick Danna

David Woods

Thomas W Karpen

Michael T Mcmahon

Ervin R Goldfain

A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a portable illumination assembly that is releasably attached to one of the upper blade and lower blade of a disposable vaginal speculum. The portable illumination assembly is defined by a housing that retains at least one LED and a portable power supply. The portable illumination assembly can be energized by an externally accessible member after the illuminator has been attached to the speculum.

Vaginal speculum apparatus

A speculum includes a first blade member and a second blade member, each of the first and second blade members having a distal end and an opposing proximal end. A portable illuminator having a light source and at least one battery includes a switch that is accessible through a slit or similar feature in the speculum. According to at least one version, the switch includes an extending tab portion that can extend through the slit or the end of a handle portion of the speculum to enable illumination. In another version, the portable illuminator can be attached to an articulation mechanism that is configured for moving the first and second blade members in relation to one another.

Vaginal speculum with illuminator

A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a disposable speculum and a releasably attachable illumination assembly. A handle portion of the disposable speculum includes a receiving cavity that is adapted to interchangeably receive either a first or a second illumination assembly.

An adapter for permitting a medical diagnostic instrument having an illumination source including at least one LED (light emitting diode) to be used with a power supply normally configured for use with a diagnostic instrument having at least one incandescent lamp as an illumination source. The adapter includes circuitry for compensating LED specific characteristics for permitting the power supply to be used with the LED.

Electrical adapter for medical diagnostic instruments using LEDs as illumination sources

An articulation mechanism for a vaginal speculum enables selective relative movement between an upper blade member and a lower blade member to affect vertical and angular spacing. The mechanism selectively enables quiet or clicking articulation according to at least one version.

Articulation mechanism for a vaginal speculum

There is described in one embodiment an eye viewing device for viewing a structure of an eye such as a retina. The eye viewing device can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an eye viewing device can be adapted to facilitate both visual viewing of an eye structure and electronic image capture.

Eye viewing device comprising video capture optics

An otoscopic instrument includes an instrument head attached to a handle and a speculum tip actuator mechanism for receiving, retaining and selectively ejecting an otoscopic speculum tip element. The tip actuator mechanism includes an actuator knob rotatably attached to the instrument head in which the instrument head includes annular securement slots sized for receiving external engagement features of a speculum tip element which are rotatably fitted into the slot(s). The actuator knob further includes a pin for displacing a secured speculum tip element from the securing slot upon rotation in a predetermined direction in order to eject the tip element.

Otoscopic instrument having tip attachment and ejecting mechanism

A vaginal speculum includes an upper blade member and a lower blade member that is movably connected with respect to the upper blade. The lower blade member includes an integrated handle portion having a receiving cavity configured for interchangeably receiving one of a first illumination assembly and a substantially different second illumination assembly. The first illumination assembly differs from the second illumination assembly by at least one structural and/or functional aspect, such as the form of power supply, the type of light source and physical size of the assembly housing.

Vaginal speculum

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Skaneateles, NY, United States of America

Allan I Krauter