Patent ID: 11950955
Assignee: CIVCO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A cover for an ultrasound probe, the probe having a distal end portion and a proximate end portion, said cover being formed of a flexible material and comprising:
an elongated tubular sheath; and
a band,
wherein the sheath comprises:
a longitudinal axis,
an inner surface,
a closed end, and
an open end,

wherein the open end is located at an opposite end of the sheath from the closed end,
wherein the sheath is folded over itself a single time such that the open end is disposed adjacent the closed end to form a folded-over sheath having a folded-over open end located distally from the closed end and the open end along the longitudinal axis,
wherein the inner surface of the sheath between the folded-over open end and the open end forms an outer surface of the folded-over sheath,
wherein the band is disposed inside the folded over sheath distally from the closed end and the open end and adjacent the folded-over open end,
wherein the folded-over sheath is rolled up about the band in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sheath and toward the closed end and the open end, such that an entirety of the rolled up, folded-over sheath is provided proximate to the closed end and the open end, and
wherein unrolling the rolled up, folded-over sheath in an opposite direction from the roll-up direction causes the flexible band to self-deploy about an intermediate portion of the inner surface of the sheath.