Sheath for a medical or dental instrument
AssigneeTIDI Products, LLC
InventorsBrian L. Wilt, Kurt Miller
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Abstract
A sheath includes a plurality of layers coupled to one another and configured to cover a medical or dental instrument. The sheath may include an instrument cover segment and a cable cover segment attached to each other. When in a pre-use configuration, such as when packaged, the cable cover segment may define an inside-out position and overlie at least a portion of the instrument cover segment. When in an in-use configuration, such as when the sheath is installed over a medical or dental instrument, the cable cover segment may define an outside-out position and extend longitudinally with respect to the instrument cover segment.
Claims18
A sheath comprising:
- a sleeve layer defining an instrument cover segment;
- an outer layer defining a cable cover segment, the outer layer including a pair of flaps folded over the instrument cover segment;
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- an adhesive layer on at least one of the pair of flaps;
- wherein the outer layer and sleeve layer comprise a pre-use configuration in which the sleeve layer is configured to receive a portion of an instrument and the outer layer overlies at least a portion of the instrument cover segment, and
- wherein the outer layer and the sleeve layer are convertible from the pre-use configuration to an in-use configuration wherein the cable cover segment extends longitudinally with respect to the instrument cover segment and wherein the adhesive layer adheres the pair or flaps together about the instrument.
A sheath configured for receiving a tip of an instrument comprising:
- an outer layer with a pair of flaps for adjusting the sheath about the instrument;
- a generally tubular sleeve layer coupled to the outer layer defining an instrument cover segment;
- a paper layer connected to the outer layer and sleeve layer;
- a tab at one end of the paper layer to remove the paper layer from the outer layer and the sleeve layer once the sleeve layer covers a portion of the instrument;
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- an adhesive layer on at least one of the pair of flaps for adhering the flaps about the instrument.
A sheath comprising:
- an outer layer;
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- a sleeve layer defining an instrument cover segment;
- a tip end on the instrument cover segment configured for receiving a tip of an instrument;
- an outer end on the instrument cover segment opposite the tip end;
- a tab defining a paper layer releasably connected to the outer layer and sleeve layer;
- wherein the outer layer and sleeve layer comprise a pre-use configuration in which the sleeve layer is configured to receive a portion of an instrument and the outer layer overlies at least a portion of the instrument cover segment and wherein the outer layer and the sleeve layer are convertible from the pre-use configuration to an in-use configuration wherein the outer layer extends longitudinally with respect to the instrument cover segment;
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- wherein in the pre-use configuration, the outer layer includes a pair of flaps with at least one flap folded over the instrument cover segment and wherein in the in-use configuration, the flaps are configured for securing to each other so as to provide a continuous harrier extending the entire length of the instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.