OTOSCOPE, LED, FO, + reusable SPECULA
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DIRECT OTOSCOPE, LED, Fiber Optic
Definition
A battery-powered, hand-held, device primarily designed for examining the outer ear canal and tympanic membrane by direct viewing through the ear opening during ENT treatments.
The device consists of a handle that contains the batteries, a built-in light to illuminate the interior of the ear canal, and a detachable cone-shaped tube (the speculum) that is inserted in the ear canal.
This is a reusable device.
Specifications
The light source of an otoscopes: different options:
technology of the bulb:
- Halogen bulbs are bright and give off a bluish-white color. These bulbs also are considered fairly cool as they do not generate much heat during illumination.
- Xenon bulbs are a little brighter, emit more of a white light, and burn warmer than Halogen.
- LED bulbs burn the brightest and whitest while staying cool during use.
the manner in which the light source is illuminated:
- direct illumination: the bulb is located above the floor of the eyepiece so that the light can be directed through the speculum's opening.
- fiber optic technology delivers the bulb's light via fiber optic bundles located around the perimeter of otoscope head where the speculum is attached.
Technical specifications
- Handle, for batteries
- Screw-on head
- Observation window, with triple enlargement, giving an excellent image. Can be rotated 360 °, 180 ° for instrument interventions through the open otoscope
- LED bulb 3.7 V, 52 mA mean life span 20,000 h
- Fiber Optic illumination
- Set of minimum 4 reusable specula
- min 2 different sizes: adult and pediatric (Ø: going from 2/2.5 mm to 5 mm)
- painless and non traumatizing insertion
- solid fixation onto the otoscope
- autoclavable
Packaging & Labelling
Delivered in a case / pouch with instructions for use.
To be Ordered Separately
2 Alkaline AA 1.5 V batteries
Instructions for use
Do not forget to remove the batteries after use.
Always put the complete otoscope back in its case to prevent damage.
Maintenance
The specula must be cleaned and disinfected after each examination.
Storage
Storage/ Transport Ambient temperature -10 °C to 55 °C