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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Woodson, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Transidyne General Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-6 ;
Abstract
A disposable endoscope kit 10 has a speculum member 22 and a disposable light source 24. The light source includes a battery 48 and a light bulb 46 mounted within a housing 44. The housing 44 is a clip mounted onto the tubular wall 36 of speculum member 22 in proximity to the proximal viewing end 28. The housing 44 is mounted substantially within the speculum member 22 between the proximal viewing end 28 and the distal insertable end 26. The light source 24 has a switch 50 which is activated when the light source 24 is mounted to the speculum 22 to direct light toward end 26.