ILLUMINATED VAGINAL SPECULUM

摘要

A single use, disposable, vaginal speculum uses a chemically florescent light tube (54) to provide built-in illumination for the body cavity being examined with the speculum. An integrally molded light tube holder has two opposing walls (50, 51) between which the light tube is inserted. Ridges (55, 56, 57, 58) on the inner surfaces of the opposing walls serve to guide the light tube into position in the speculum and to firmly grasp the light tube so as to prevent dislodgement during the examination. An integral stop member (53) is molded into the light tube holder to terminate the insertion of the light tube into the holder in precisely the position required to properly position the light tube.