Fastener for attaching sensor to the body
AssigneeDatascope Investment Corp.
InventorsLawrence Saper, Bruce L. Hanson
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Abstract
A bandage for attaching a sensor to a part of the human body while protecting the sensor against contamination and permitting its reuse in which the sensor is located within a flexible transparent sleeve which is fastened to the adhesive inner surface of the bandage, the parts of the bandage inner adhesive surface outside of the sleeve thereafter being fastened to the body. In the preferred embodiment the probe is an oximeter probe with a light emitter and a light detector. Apertures are provided in the bandage to view the positioning of the oximeter components.
Claims16
A disposable sleeve and bandage for attachment to a patient wherein said sleeve is adapted to accept therein a probe, comprising:
- a generally planar flexible bandage strip having adhesive on at least a portion of one face thereof;
- a sleeve having an opening therein adapted to receive said probe, wherein said probe can slide through said opening into said sleeve and wherein said probe can be removed from said sleeve by sliding it therefrom;
- wherein said sleeve includes means for preventing said probe from contacting said patient when said probe is resident in said sleeve and means for preventing said probe from contacting said adhesive;
- locating means in the strip for positioning said probe in said sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.