Adjustable speculum with incorporated lighting system

Claim 1

A speculum comprising a base unit having a handle portion and a head portion, said head portion comprising a first front surface and two side surfaces adjacent the front surface, a light source mounted in the base unit for providing light in the head portion of the base unit, a speculum head constructed from a resilient material, the speculum head having two blade-like contacting members for dilating an orifice, a support means, and moving mounting means movably mounting the contacting members on said support means, said movable means including two posts, each contacting member being unitarily formed with one of the resilient posts for flexible resilient movement generally about the axis of its repective post upon urging by an operator, releasing of the contacting member urging forces permitting the contacting members to return to their undeflected positions, and attachment means removably securing the speculum head to the head portion of the base unit adjacent the light source, said attachment means including means providing grooves extending at least partially across said two side surfaces, said speculum head including a proximal end portion complementarily configured to the grooves for insertion into the grooves.