Patent ID: 7845850
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A disposable thermometer probe sheath, comprising: a bottom piece; and a plastic cover film sealed onto the bottom piece, wherein the plastic cover film having an upper plastic sheet film and a lower plastic sheet film has an opening on its front edge and a tip on its rear edge; the upper plastic sheet film having its peripheral edge sealed around the peripheral edge of the lower plastic sheet film except for the opening so as to receive a thermometer probe in the plastic cover film; characterized in that: the plastic cover film is made of a flexible and deformable material and it is provided with two notches respectively formed on two side edges adjacent to the tip such that the notches are plastically deformed and tightly engaged with the thermometer probe when the thermometer probe is inserted into the plastic cover film; and the plastic cover film is plastically deformed and overturned from its opening toward its tip such that its upper plastic sheet film's outer surface and its lower plastic film's outer surface are overturned to face each other while a force is exerted on the opening along a longitudinal direction of the plastic cover film, when the thermometer probe is separated from the plastic cover film.