Patent ID: 7117971
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A stethoscope cover applicator for limiting an amount of direct contact that a patient has with a diaphragm of a stethoscope, said stethoscope cover applicator comprising: a membrane member configured to be selectively secured to the diaphragm of the stethoscope to inhibit contact between the skin of the patient and the stethoscope; an axle being couplable to said membrane member to allow said membrane member to be rolled around said axle; and a base member configured to engage a support surface, said base member receiving said axle to facilitate unrolling of said membrane member from said axle, said base member including a perimeter wall defining an interior space, a pad member being positioned in a depression extending into a deck wall of said perimeter wall, said pad member being positioned under said membrane member when said membrane member extends along said deck wall, said pad member cushioning the diaphragm of the stethoscope when the stethoscope is pressed onto said membrane member to adhere the stethoscope to the membrane member.