Thomas R Lindsey

US Patent:

20180039067, Feb 8, 2018

Filed:

Jul 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/658691

Inventors:

- Orange CA, US
Thomas Lindsey - Lodi WI, US
James Onderak - Sun Prairie WI, US

International Classification:

G02B 25/00
G02B 7/00
G02C 7/08
G02B 15/10
G02B 23/18

Abstract:

Loupes with magnetically interchangeable telescopes. Each loupe may include an anchor assembly and a telescope assembly. Either assembly may include a magnet. The other assembly may include a magnetic element. The telescope assembly may be releasably adjoined to the anchor assembly by magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction may include magnetic interaction between the magnet and the magnetic element. Geometrical shape and magnetic properties of each of the magnet and the magnetic element, and placement of each within its assembly, may be set for maintaining releasable adjoinment of the assemblies. The loupe may provide a magnified view of a visual field, such as a clinical setting. The telescope assembly may be interchangeable in the loupe for another telescope assembly. The interchangeable telescope assemblies may provide different magnifications of the field. Loupes may be paired for binocular magnified viewing of the field.