Abstract

A device forming a combination ophthalmoscope and otoscope, having a housing (4) supporting a light source (10) and a plurality of lenses (8, 9), the light source (10) defining an illumination light path (14) which illuminates in use a region of interest (15), the housing having an aperture (12) defining a viewing light path (13) along which the region of interest (15) can be viewed, the lenses (8, 9) being mounted on a support (1) relative to the housing (4) so as to be moveable relative to the housing (1) so as to allow selection of a lens from the plurality of lenses (8, 9) to be disposed in the viewing light path, and in which the plurality of lenses form an ophthalmoscopy set (8) comprising at least one ophthalmoscopy lens and an otoscopy set (9) comprising at least one otoscopy lens.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 1/227 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor for ears, i.e. otoscopes
• A61B 3/00 - Apparatus for testing the eyesInstruments for examining the eyes
• A61B 3/12 - Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients perceptions or reactions for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device comprising a shaft having at least a first portion and a second portion that can adopt a closed position in which the first and second portions are positioned adjacent each other and an open position in which the first and second portions are positioned distant from each other, one or both of the first and second portions housing or forming part of one or more of an ophthalmoscope, an otoscope, a tendon hammer, a tuning fork and a red hat pin. Also provided are improved otoscope heads and means to protect the functional heads of medical tools when not in use.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 1/227 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor for ears, i.e. otoscopes
• A61B 3/12 - Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients perceptions or reactions for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes
• A61B 9/00 - Instruments for examination by percussionPleximeters
• G10G 7/02 - Tuning forks or like devices
• A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb