Patent ID: 7942597
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
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 in a rolled collection within said housing 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 distributing orientation comprising a segregating disposition of at least a portion of said distribution assembly relative to an exposed one of said plurality of barriers, said rolled collection structured for said exposed one of said plurality of barriers being 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, and said rolled collection comprising a base, said plurality of barriers removably connected to said base and movable therewith from a stored orientation into said transferring position relative to the heads passing along said path of travel.