Telemetry transmitter holder
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1. A device for holding medical equipment about the midsection of a person comprising:
- a generally flat padded pouch of waterproof spongy foam material having an opening into which the medical equipment can be inserted said pouch having two opposing ends;
closure means for said opening joined to said pouch;
a long, narrow, flexible, soft strip which can be extended around the midsection of a person beneath the person'"'"'s clothing, said strip formed of spongy foam material for placement against the person, said strip having a surface opposite that placed against the person at least partially covered by a pile material capable of engaging hook fibers, and being attached at one end to said pouch;
a tab of material having a surface of hook fibers, said tab being attached to said pouch and serving to secure said strip about the midsection of a person through the engagement of said hook fibers on said tab with said pile material on said strip,whereby said medical equipment can be securely held in said pouch and said pouch can be securely and comfortably attached about the midsection of a person.
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Abstract
A device having special utility for comfortably holding and protecting medically related telemetry transmitters such as are used to monitor the vital signs of medical patients is described. The device comprises a generally flat closable pouch into which may be placed the telemetry transmitter. Integral with the pouch is a padded strip which secures the pouch about the midsection of the patient beneath his or her hospital gown or other clothing. The device uses Velcro type fastening surfaces and is completely machine washable.
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1. A device for holding medical equipment about the midsection of a person comprising:
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a generally flat padded pouch of waterproof spongy foam material having an opening into which the medical equipment can be inserted said pouch having two opposing ends; closure means for said opening joined to said pouch; a long, narrow, flexible, soft strip which can be extended around the midsection of a person beneath the person'"'"'s clothing, said strip formed of spongy foam material for placement against the person, said strip having a surface opposite that placed against the person at least partially covered by a pile material capable of engaging hook fibers, and being attached at one end to said pouch; a tab of material having a surface of hook fibers, said tab being attached to said pouch and serving to secure said strip about the midsection of a person through the engagement of said hook fibers on said tab with said pile material on said strip, whereby said medical equipment can be securely held in said pouch and said pouch can be securely and comfortably attached about the midsection of a person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device for holding medical equipment or the like about the midsection of a person comprising:
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a washable pouch fabricated from a piece of waterproof, spongy foam material having a bottom, a top, opposing sides, and opposing ends adjacent to said opposing sides and said top and bottom, with a first opening at said top and an integral securable flap joined to said pouch adjacent to said top, said flap being closable and securable over said opening; a long, narrow, flexible, washable strip attached to said pouch at one of said opposing ends, said strip being fabricated from a piece of spongy foam material to which has been bonded on one side a fibrous cloth material having a pile surface suitable for engaging hook fibers, said strip placed for placement around the midsection of a person beneath the person'"'"'s clothing with the spongy foam side of the strip against the midsection of the person; a washable tab of material, one surface of which contains hook fibers, said tab being attached along at least one of its edges to the said opposing end of said pouch opposite to said end at which said strip is attached, said tab for engaging said pile surface when said strip is placed around the midsection of a person; whereby medical equipment or the like may be securely held in said pouch and said pouch may be securely and comfortably attached about the mid-section of a person. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A device for holding a telemetry transmitter attachable by wires to sensors placeable on the body of a patient said device comprising:
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a pouch having an integral closable flap dimensioned to hold said transmitter and consisting of a unitary panel of material having parallel ends and a width therebetween dimensioned to be slightly larger than the length of said transmitter and a height dimensioned to be larger than twice the width of said transmitter, said panel being folded over along a line joining and perpendicular to its parallel ends to form folded over portions of said panel said folded over portions of said panel being fastened along their overlapping parallel ends so as to form a pouch portion having a first opening with an extending flap portion foldable over said first opening to cover a telemetry transmitter placed within said pouch, said material forming said unitary panel consisting of two coextensive, laminated layers, the first layer being waterproof spongy foam material and the second layer being a pile material, said panel being folded so that said spongy foam layer forms the interior of said pouch; a first tab having a surface having hook fibers, said tab adjacent the end of said flap so as to engage any portion of the outer pile layer of the pouch when the flap is folded over said pouch to cover a telemetry transmitter placed therein; a slit formed in said panel in said pouch portion situated near one end thereof for passage therethrough of the wires connecting said sensors to said transmitter; a belt portion consisting of an elongated web of the same material as said panel, one end of said web being attached to one end of said panel along the pouch portion thereof, such that the spongy foam layer of said web faces in a direction toward the side of the panel from which the flap portion extends from the pouch portion for contact with the body of the patient; and a second tab having a surface having hook fibers, said second tab attached to the other end of said panel along the pouch portion thereof such that said surface faces in a direction toward the side of the panel from which the flap portion extends from the pouch portion so as to engage the pile layer of the web when said belt portion is belted around the patient, said web being of substantial length to circumvent the midsection of a patient of substantial girth, the second tab being engagable with the pile layer of said web at any place along the web so as to accommodate patients having a wide range of girths.
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