Stethoscope securing pad

• US 4,401,125 A
• Filed: 09/21/1981
• Issued: 08/30/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Kendall Company LP
• Original Assignee: The Kendall Company (Colgate-Palmolive Company)
• Inventors: Pavlo, John A., Taylor, Rebecca S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Kyle L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sykes, Angela D.
• Application Number:
  US06/304,395
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 128/715, 128/701, 128/635, 128/639-641, 128/644, 128/773, 128/798, 128/802-803, 181/131, 181/137, 181/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 600/528
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/02 Stethoscopes acoustic details thereof G10K11/00

Abstract

A pad for securing the head of a stethoscope to a patient'"'"'s skin comprising, a generally annular sheet of flexible material larger than the head and having an outer edge, an inner edge defining an opening smaller than the head of the stethoscope, a slot extending from the outer edge to the inner edge, a back surface, a front surface, and adhesive on the front surface of the sheet.

Claims

1. A securing pad, comprising:

a stethoscope having a head for contacting a a patient'"'"'s skin; and

a generally annular sheet of flexible material larger than the head and having a circular outer edge larger than said head, a circular inner edge defining an opening smaller than the head of the stethoscope, a slot extending from the outer edge to the inner edge, a back surface, a front surface, and adhesive on the front surface of the sheet, said stethoscope being passed through said slot to position the head in said opening.

2. The pad of claim 1 wherein said sheet comprises a foam material.

3. The pad of claim 1 wherein said slot is tapered from the outer edge to the inner edge.

4. The pad of claim 1 including a release sheet releasably covering the adhesive.

5. A securing pad comprising:

a stethoscope having a head for contacting a patient'"'"'s skin, and a tube adjacent the head; and

a generally rectangular sheet of flexible material having a pair of side edges, a pair of end edges connecting the side edges, a cut-out in one of said end edges intermediate the side edges and defining a pair of flaps intermediate the cut-out and side edges, a back surface, a front surface, and adhesive on the front surface of the sheet, said head being received in the cut-out with said tube extending beneath the sheet from the cut-out to the other end edge of the sheet.

6. The pad of claim 5 wherein said sheet comprises a foam material.

7. The pad of claim 5 including a release sheet releasably covering said adhesive.