Disposable handle cover for a surgical lighthead
View Patent ↗The invention is a disposable cover handle cover for a surgical light head, and more particularly to a single-piece, integrally-formed disposable handle cover for a surgical light head and the like. The disposable cover includes a single-piece hollow member having a first open end adapted to receive the positioning handle of the surgical light head housing a camera and a second open end generally opposite the first end. The second end is closed off by a lens disposed within and integral with the hollow body.
1. A disposable cover for a camera housed in a positioning handle of a surgical light head, comprising:
single-piece hollow member having:
a. a first open end adapted to receive the positioning handle of the surgical lighthead housing the camera;
b. a collar extending from the first open end, the collar having a diameter and a length;
c. a lens disposed within the hollow members;
d. a sidewall extending between the collar and the lens, the sidewall having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the collar and a length which is longer than the length of the collar, the sidewall having a textured outer surface;
e. a rim extending between the lens and the second end, the rim having an inner diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the sidewall; and
f. wherein the collar, sidewall, lens, and rim are a single continuous piece of translucent material.
2. The cover of claim 1 wherein the tubular body is tapered generally between the first and second ends.
3. The cover of claim 1 wherein the lens is transparent to allow light to pass through to the camera within the handle of the surgical light head.
4. The cover of claim 1 further comprising a tab integral to the hollow member at the first end, the tab removed to prevent reuse of the cover.
5. An injection molded disposable cover for a camera housed in a positioning handle of a surgical lighthead, comprising:
an injection molded, single-piece hollow member having:
a. a first open end adapted to receive the positioning handle of the surgical light head housing the camera;
b. a collar extending from the first open end, the collar having a diameter;
c. a second end generally opposite the first end;
d. a lens integral with the hollow member disposed at and recessed from the second end;
e. a sidewall which is between 80 and 120 thousandths of an inch thick, the sidewall extending between the collar and the lens, the sidewall having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the collar, the sidewall having a textured outer surface; and
f. wherein the lens and the hollow member are a single continuous piece of translucent material.
6. The cover of claim 5 wherein the second end comprises a rim protruding outward from the lens.
7. The cover of claim 5 wherein the tubular body is tapered generally between the first and second ends.
8. The cover of claim 5 wherein the lens is transparent to allow light to pass through to the camera within the handle of the surgical light head.
9. The cover of claim 5 further comprising a tab integral to the hollow member at the first end, the tab removed to prevent reuse of the cover.
10. The disposable cover of claim 1 wherein the lens is recessed between ½ and ¾ of an inch from the second end.