Patent ID: 11877890
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An assembly for securely positioning a fetal heart transducer against the skin of an expectant mother, the assembly comprising:
strapping having a length, the length having incremental openings thereon;
first and second securing devices, each securing device comprising a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having adhesive thereon, and a protuberance extending outwardly from the second surface in a direction opposed to the first surface, the protuberance to be received by one of the incremental openings in the strapping; and
the fetal heart transducer having a first skin contacting transducer surface and a second transducer surface opposed to the first transducer surface; and
a wedge attachment having a wedge base, a wedge body and a wedge button, the wedge base sized to be smaller than the second transducer surface, the wedge body having a sinusoidal profile in both front and side aspects, the wedge button being disc shaped and located at the top of the wedge body, the wedge button sized to be received into at least one incremental opening along the length of the strapping, whereby the first surface of the first securing device is secured to the skin surface of the expectant mother at a first location and the protuberance of the first securing device is received into a first incremental opening on the strapping, and the first surface of the second securing device is secured to the skin surface of a patient at a second location and the protuberance of the second securing device is received into a second incremental opening on the strapping, and the wedge base is positioned on the second transducer surface between the fetal heart transducer and the strapping, whereby when the strapping is pulled taut, the first skin contacting transducer surface is angled at least 10° from the horizon and against the mother's skin.