Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical lens assemblies and sterile drapes with a lens assembly
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Application No.: US14163630Application Date: 2014-01-24
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Publication No.: US08864320B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Mark Spencer G. Chua
- Applicant: Medline Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Mundelein
- Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Mundelein
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: A61B19/08
- IPC: A61B19/08 ; G02B21/00 ; A61B19/00 ; G02B27/00 ; G02B23/16

Abstract:
Medical lens assemblies and sterile drapes with a lens assembly are presented herein. In one embodiment, a lens assembly includes an annular lens housing that is attachable to a medical drape. The lens housing is configured to releasably attach to a medical device, such as a surgical microscope. An annular lens cover holder is removably attachable to the lens housing. A lens cover for shielding the objective lens is pivotably hinged to the lens cover holder. In another embodiment, a drape assembly includes a flexible body sized to cover an optical device. A lens housing attached to the drape body is engageable with the optical device to attach proximate an objective lens thereof. A lens cover holder is removably attached to the lens housing to rotate about a first axis. A lens cover is mounted to the lens cover holder to pivot about a second, different axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140137875A1 MEDICAL LENS ASSEMBLIES AND STERILE DRAPES WITH A LENS ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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