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US 7,282,186 B2Granted
Decontamination device
OwnerRobert F. Lake, Jr., Jeffrey S. Tennantinventors
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Abstract
A decontamination device for decontaminating medical apparatus includes a housing and a dispenser within the housing for contacting a portion of the medical apparatus with a decontaminating compound when the portion of the medical apparatus is placed within the housing. Structure for removably engaging the housing to the medical apparatus is provided. The decontamination device can be used with many different medical apparatus, such as stethoscopes. A method for decontaminating medical apparatus is also provided.
Claims19
A decontamination device for decontaminating medical apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- an absorbent pad carrying a decontaminating compound within said housing;
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- interlocking structure for removably engaging said housing to a portion of said medical apparatus, whereby said absorbent pad is placed into contact with said portion of said medical apparatus upon engagement and removed from contact upon disengagement, said interlocking structure comprising at least one elastically deformable, inwardly directed protrusion on said housing.
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