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US 2018/0008738 A1Published application
Stethoscope and Hand Sanitizer
OwnerMark D. Kolins, Barry Siegelinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for sanitizing is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid. The apparatus also includes a holder disposed beneath the housing. The apparatus further includes an applicator pad received by the holder and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir. The applicator pad includes a dome-shaped portion having a substantially hemi-spherical shape configured to extend into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the dome-shaped portion.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid;
- a holder disposed beneath the housing;
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- an applicator pad received by the holder and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir, the applicator pad comprising a raised portion configured to extend at least partially into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the raised portion.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid;
- a holder disposed beneath the housing, the holder comprising a dome-shaped portion having a substantially hemi-spherical shape configured to extend into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the dome-shaped portion;
- an applicator pad received by the holder and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir;
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- a dispensing valve coupled to the housing and facing the applicator pad, the dispensing valve configured to dispense the sanitizing fluid.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front wall and a back wall, the housing encasing a reservoir for retaining sanitizing fluid;
- an applicator pad mounted on the front wall of the housing and adapted to be in selective fluid communication with the reservoir, the applicator pad comprising a dome-shaped portion having a substantially hemi-spherical shape configured to extend into an interior region of a bell of a stethoscope head when the bell is placed over the dome-shaped portion;
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- a dispensing valve coupled to the housing adjacent to the applicator pad on the front wall of the housing, the dispensing valve having a non-dispensing state and a dispensing state, the dispensing valve configured to dispense the sanitizing fluid when in the dispensing state;
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- a mount disposed on the back wall of the housing, the mount configured for wall-mounting and having one or more slots in the back wall of the housing, the one or more slots configured to receive a fastener for mounting the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.