Patent ID: 8393818
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A61B,A61L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly structured to restrict contamination from association with heads of stethoscopes, said assembly comprising: a housing including an entrance portion and an exit portion respectively structured for entry and removal of the heads relative to the housing, a path of travel for the heads at least partially located within said housing and extending between said entry and exit portions, a plurality of barriers disposed within said housing in a stacked array and in communicating relation to the heads passing along the path of travel, a distribution assembly positioned in communicating relation with said plurality of barriers and disposable into a distributing orientation relative to said plurality of barriers, said stacked array structured for separable connection of an exposed one of said plurality of barriers relative to a remainder of said plurality of barriers of said stacked array upon disposition of said distribution assembly in said distributing orientation, said distributing orientation comprising a segregating disposition of at least a portion of said distribution assembly relative to said exposed one of said plurality of barriers, and said exposed one of said plurality of barriers disposed into a transferring position relative to corresponding ones of the heads passing along said path of travel concurrent to said distribution assembly being disposed in said distributing orientation.