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Probe cover

  • US 4,197,944 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1978
  • Issued: 04/15/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A probe cover for protecting a probe from contamination during patient use, comprising:

  • an inner sheath having an open end and a close distal end, and being dimensioned to receive and frictionally engage at least a portion of a sensing probe therein; and

    an outer sheath of resilient material having an open end and a closed distal end being attached to the inner sheath at the close distal end of the outer sheath, said outer sheath capable of fitting over at least part of said inner sheath, and also capable of folding back upon itself so as to encapsulate the contaminated surface of the cover which has been exposed to the patient use.

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