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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Wood, Marco Island, FL (US);
Raymond A. Lia, Auburn, NY (US);
Jon R. Salvati, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Robert L. Vivenzio, Auburn, NY (US);
Ian K. Edwards, Teton Village, WY (US);
Ervin Goldfain, Syracuse, NY (US);
Colin J. Wolff, Auburn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/227 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/227 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/0019 (2013.01); A61B 1/00034 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/00052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00186 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01); A61B 3/1208 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61B 1/00036 (2013.01); A61B 2562/146 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
An otoscopic instrument with an instrument head. The instrument head having a housing, an optical component disposed along an imaging axis, and an illumination system. The illumination system includes a plurality of LEDs disposed in a ring-like configuration adjacent a distal end of the housing with the illumination system disposed within the housing.