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Obstetric gloves

  • US 4,245,656 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1979
  • Issued: 01/20/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device to permit a medical practitioner to perform internal measurements on a patient, comprising:

  • (a) a flexible covering for enclosing each of two fingers of the practitioner, said device being deployed between two of the fingers; and

    (b) a measuring tape contained behind a restricted opening associated with a first finger enclosure having a free end extending therethrough, said free end being secured to a second finger enclosure, said tape being coiled and said coil being carried on said first finger enclosure, retained behind said opening and wherein said opening comprises an eye which is smaller than the coil of tape but sufficiently larger to permit the drawn tape to pass therethrough;

    whereby separation by the practitioner of said two enclosed fingers causes a length of tape equal to the distance between the fingers to be drawn from behind said restricted opening to provide a measurement of an internal, anatomical part where the enclosed fingers are inserted into the patient and separated to conform to the dimensions of that internal part.

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