Patent ID: 6224543
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for covering an elongated medical probe including:a tubular sheath having an open end and a nose adapted to receive the tip of said medical probe, said open end defining an open configuration prior to insertion of said medical probe into said nose of said tubular sheath, said tubular sheath defining an elongated configuration and being fabricated from two sheets of non-latex material bound together with a continuous weld about a portion of a perimeter of said tubular sheath, said weld terminating at opposite sides of and defining said open end, said nose of said sheath being inverted to define a nose opening to facilitate receiving the tip of said medical probe; anda flexible carrier for receiving said sheath in a partial elongated position, said sheath being releasably securable to said carrier, said sheath being removed from said flexible carrier upon inversion of said sheath by said medical probe.